Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated	1971
Decorative Technique	Ridged
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Statue, Face Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Width 0.110 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.097 m, Max. Pres. Thickness of Preserved Part 0.055 m, Max. Pres. Width of Tip of Nose 0.046 m, Max. Pres. Width of Nose 0.026 m, Max. Pres. Height of Nostrils: Left 0.017 m, Right Approx. 0.020 + m, Max. Pres. Distance from Right Eyebrow to End of Nose 0.058 m, Max. Pres. Length of Right Eyebrow 0.055 m, Max. Pres. Height of Forehead 0.038 m
Condition	Glued from three fragments; broken on three sides and back which is uneven and crumbling; surface encrusted.
Description	Face fragment of statue preserving part of forehead, right eyebrow, nose, part of left eyebrow. Eyebrows form edges of large oval depressions which serve as eye sockets; lines of eyebrows continue into nose and indicate outline of the ridge of nose. Tip of nose is bulbous and slightly lumpy underneath which are the nostrils, impressions made by fingers, the left one complete and bulding at the rear and the right one broken away in back; the right eye socket is ridged sharply along top and the preserved portion of the left is chipped.
Fabric Description	Murlo terracotta
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971042500