Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Year Excavated	1973
Fragment Noted	false
Object Type (notes)	Bucchero Handle
Condition	Glued from nine fragments. Handle intact; chips along the edges.
Description	A bucchero handle; attachment scars at ends show where it was attached to vase at rim and shoulder. The handle, viewed from the side, is in the shape of a thin, narrow loop; the top of the curve is surmounted by a half-oval crest, crowned in the center by a round finial knob of two decreasing layers. Seen from the front, the surface is a flat undecorated surface, gradually narrowing towards the top.
Fabric Description	Bucchero, fine grain, burned black to brown.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1973029700