Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Decorative Technique	Incised
Year Excavated	1975
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Bucchero Handle Fragment with Incised Decoration
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.047 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.034 m, Min. Pres. Width 0.026 m, Pres. Thickness 0.004 m to 0.007 m
Condition	Top and bottom broken off; nicked and worn.
Description	Fragment of a bucchero handle which is broader at one end than at the other and is slightly curved. The handle is elaborately decorated with incision. The wider end is decorated with three rows of four triangular shaped depressions (approximately 0.008 m high and 0.004 m wide at the base) each of which has six hoizontal, parallel ridges on the interior. The triangular depressions get progressively deeper from the base to the point. Bordering this area on both sides of the handle is a row of 13/14 small holes; bordering this area at the bottom are three horizontal parallel rows of 13/12/12 small holes. Beneath this border run five vertical parllel grooves down to the broken edge. These grooves are of varying lengths and get progressively deeper as they approach the break.
Fabric Description	Bucchero, black.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1975002800