Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Clay
Object Type	Vessel
Decorative Technique	Painted
Year Excavated	1970
Vessel Form	Form unspecified
Fragment Noted	true
Object Type (notes)	Painted Vessel Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Height 0.045 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.052 m, Pres. Thickness 0.005-0.008 m
Condition	Broken on all sides, broken edges worn. Exterior surface slightly worn, with paint crackling. Interior worn.
Description	Slightly curved sherd of apparently large, thin-walled vessel. Preserved on bottom edge is indication of a more outward curving section of vessel. No decoration preserved on interior surface. Exterior has pattern of three horizontal lines, all executed in dark orange paint. Also orange is thicker vertical on right edge of fragment. In darker (brownish) paint is a thick, mainly vertical design of one line running vertically over with orange lines, and being joined midway with another vertical which also rises from bottom of orange vertical pattern. The longer line is rounded at the top, and gives the rough impression of an animal figure. Below this design are two thick, parallel horizontals executed in the darker paint.
Fabric Description	Fine-textured, soft, pinkish-buff colored clay, fired same color throughout.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1970007300