Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Impasto
Object Type	Vessel
Decorative Technique	Ridged Incised
Year Excavated	1971
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	false
Object Type (notes)	Incised Impasto Rim Sherd
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.111 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.030 m, Pres. Width 0.021-0.022 m, Pres. Diameter of Knob 0.019-0.021 m
Condition	Single sherd, broken across bottom and both sides, worn, encrusted.
Description	Fragment preserves thick, flat-sided segment of a heavy vessel rim. Rhomboidal in section with slightly angular outer curve, with high domed knob set at point on upper or outer edge where fragment bends; on same surface is incised decoration: to left of knob, eight incised lines with low ridges running across interior of each groove lines are set in a fan-pattern with one being set vertically in center and others set on diagonal planes around it. On right of knob are the same cross-ridged grooves, one set vertically with four others running unevenly horizontally to the right edge from it. Surface below this has a single thin horizontal groove set just at broken edge where piece presumably joined with body of a vessel.
Fabric Description	Impasto, very pale orange-brown mottled black.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971044900