Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Fragment Noted	false
Year Excavated	1966
Object Type (notes)	Terracotta Left Hand
Size	Max. Pres. Dimension (Wrist to Knuckles) 0.155 m, Max. Pres. Dimension (Back of Hand to Thumb) 0.133 m, Max. Pres. Width Through Fingers 0.061 m, Max. Pres. Width Through Thumb and Fingers 0.076 m, Max. Pres. Dimension of Oval Hole Formed by Fingers Near Thumb 0.043 m, Near Little Finger 0.050 m
Condition	Broken from original position. Surface worn, chipped, and encrusted.
Description	The long fingers are indicated by three parallel grooves defining four ridges of almost equal size. Their curve is flattened into three planes so that the angles indicate the joints. Slight grooves seperate the larger, rounder thumb (tip missing) from the first segment of the first finger which it touches. The broken area is roughly rectangular (0.140 m x 0.060 m) and in a plane paralleling that of the second segment of the fingers. Its axis is at an angle to the top of the back of the hand. Thus, there is no wrist, but only a hand tapering outward from a backing larger than the clasped fist itself.
Fabric Description	Fairly fine-grained terracotta with many bits of stone throughout. Fired orange on surface, reddish brown below surface and brown in the core.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1966015700