Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Chronology	Securely Orientalizing
Fabric Category	Terracotta
Object Type	Architectural::Akroterion
Year Excavated	1966
Decorative Technique	Incised
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Cut-Out Akroterion, Fragment*
Size	Max. Pres. Length 0.182 m, Max. Pres. Height 0.168 m, Width of Obliquely Rising Member at Break 0.071 m, Thickness 0.027-0.030 m, Max. Thickness at Bottom 0.041 m
Condition	Broken at base, at one side and at top; chipped; worn.
Description	Fragment of a "cut-out" akroterion preserving the right-hand base with lowest part of an obliquely rising member and an obliquely set hole; two flat smooth sides, one unfinished; two flat smooth edges, one rising from the tile with an angular outline, to form the outer straight edge of an obliquely rising member; the other edge, of which little is preserved, has a sharp hair-pin curve; it forms the left edge of the rising member and also the lowest part of an obliquely set hole in the bottom middle of the acroterion; on the surface of the broken base there are roughly incised, short, transversal lines made in the process of attaching the acroterion to the tile.
Fabric Description	Murlo terracotta, fired orange and reddish brown on surface, gray at core; traces of red slip on the finished side and on the outer edge
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1966030700