Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Palmette Female
Year Excavated	1972
Decorative Technique	Relief Molded
Vessel Form	Vase
Fragment Noted	false
Object Type (notes)	Double Bucchero Handle Preserving Portion of a Vase Rim
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.135 m, Max. Pres. Width (through wings) 0.043 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Knob 0.019 m, Max. Pres. Thickness (through plaque) 0.009 m, Estimated Diameter at Rim 0.15 m
Condition	Composed of eight fragments. Handle intact plus attachments at rim and shoulder to a pot with everted rim. Burned.
Description	Double moulded bucchero handle in two sections joined at the top and surmounted by a round, cone-like knob in two layers. The interior section is in the form of a vertical plaque joined to the vase at its rim. The plaque tapers in the middle and is decorated with two large voluted palmettes. The exterior section is curved and joins the vase at its shoulder. It is in the form of a molded winged female figure, rendered frontally from the waist up. Her arms are bent at the elbows and held in front of her body, meeting in the center; she appears to be holding her wings, which curve out towards her shoulders and then in at the head, gradually widening. The head is in higher relief and preserves two large almond-shaped eyes with pupils indicated in relief, a long flat nose, short thick lips, and a heavy rounded chin. At the base of the figure are two discs projecting out from each lateral side.
Fabric Description	Bucchero, fine grain; burned orange to black.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1972032100