Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Vessel
Motif	Ray
Year Excavated	1974
Vessel Form	Cup
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Laconian Cup Fragment*
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.058 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.054 m, Average Pres. Thickness Side Wall 0.003 m
Condition	Joined from nine fragments, broken on all sides. Surface worn and slightly chipped, preserving the original glaze and banded decoration overall.
Description	A body fragment of a "Laconian" cup, preserving a section from the shoulder of the bowl, convex in profile and sharply incurved above. The horizontal upper break marks the convergence of bowl and lip. The interior is covered with a brownish black gloss; The exterior preserves the point of one black ray at the bottom, in the middle a heavy red band flanked by two thinner parallel black bands below and one above, all on a cream ground; the shoulder is coated with a solid band of black.
Fabric Description	Fine buff clay
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1974003300