Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Probably Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Textile Related::Rocchetto
Motif	Sphinx Feline
Decorative Technique	Stamped Relief
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Stamped Rocchetto Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.047 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Head 0.031 m, Max. Pres. Diameter of Shaft 0.018 m
Condition	Rocchetto fragment preserves the entire head and a portion of the shaft. A break through the shaft occurs approximately 0.032 m from the head. The surface is slightly worn.
Description	The head of this rocchetto fragment preserves a stamp, roughly rectangular in shape, on its upper surface. The stamp displays a stylized sphinx in low relief. The sphinx displays a human head, stands on four legs, and has two forward-curving wings projecting from a feline body. The slightly domed rocchetto head tapers into a cylindrical shaft. The thickness of the shaft is consistent.
Fabric Description	Impasto
Munsell Color	2.5Y 2.5/1 black
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC2002002000