Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Bucchero
Object Type	Vessel
Year Excavated	1983
Decorative Technique	Incised
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Incised Bucchero Handle Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.034 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.037 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.010 m
Condition	Preserves two finished edges of the base of a handle and a small portion of the body at the point of attachment. Broken on all other sides.
Description	The handle fragment curves forming a slight convex ridge horizontally across the inner surface. The surfaces are irregular suggesting hand modeling, and the outer surface shows striations suggesting burning. The outer vertical edges of the handle are raised. Incised rouletting of a rope pattern appear on the outer surface. Two slightly curved but primarily horizontal rows appear at the base of the handle. A double row of vertical rouletting appears along the left finished edge, and a single row appears along the right edge
Fabric Description	Bucchero
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1983010000