Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Archaic
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated	1971
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Statue Fragment, Stool Leg, Possible Crosspiece
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.102 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.070 m, Max. Pres. Height of Relief Upper Narrow Side 0.010 m, Lower Narrow Side 0.020 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.047 m
Condition	Preserves one piece broken at both ends with finished front and partially preserved finished sides; back surface also preserved; encrusted; traces of red paint.
Description	Possible rear crosspiece of stool preserving finished crossing face and finished edge at top which is very narrow and evenly broken away leaving a scar on the remainder of the side; the back is finished and a slanted horizontal ridge rises in lower back area, below which it is indented at right angle to a projecting scar on the lower side, this atachment scar is finished on the outside where it abruptly angles onto the bottom face, ends of the fragment are jutting; coarse breaks; the evenly broken side is the top and joined the statue garment, while the lower side with its projecting ridge on the back attached respectively to the tube and the area between the stool legs.
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=PC1971040600