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Accession_Number 47.7.1
Shape Bolsal
Shape_description Rounded rim, slightly outturned, below which are attached two horizontal round handles, u-shaped, slightly curving upwards; vertical wall curving into shallow bowl, on a broad, flaring ring foot with a convex underside.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 6/6
Decoration Black gloss covering the entire surface except for the underside. On reserved underside, added red paint, a central black dot surrounded by a concentric broad, then thin band.
Inscriptions
Condition Rivetted and mended with black sealing wax (according to P.N. Ure). Some gloss worn off handles. Small chips to rim and to foot ring. Gloss worn on handles. Scratches on the body.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance From Poli, Cyprus
Period Late Classical
Date 400-350
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.97.0536.jpg		Front view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the mended handles and exterior.

2003.97.0537.jpg		Back view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the riveted exterior and part of the greenish interior.

2003.97.0538.jpg		Top view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the interior.

2003.97.0539.jpg		Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the underside decorated with a dot and bands.

2008.10.0018.jpg		Profile drawing of an Attic black-glazed bolsal.

2010.98.0262.jpg		Top view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the interior.

2010.98.0263.jpg		Front view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the mended handles and exterior.

2010.98.0264.jpg		Left side view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the mended handle.

2010.98.0265.jpg		Back view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the mended handles and exterior.

2010.98.0266.jpg		Right view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the handle.

2010.98.0267.jpg		Over head view of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the mended handles and the interior.

2010.98.0268.jpg		View of the base of an Attic black-glazed bolsal, showing the mended handles.
Comparanda Note that at least one bolsal has now been found in Athens: L. Parlama and N.C. Stampolidis, eds., The City beneath the City. Antiquities from the Metropolitan Railway Excavations (Athens 2000) nos. 211-12 (ill.).
Bibliography Gill 1984, 106, fig. 4
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 4.7
Diameters Rim 10.4; base 6.9
Handle_height 1.5
Other_dims.
Location Excavation shed top 2
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Kinsey; Teifi; Jayne
Date_edited 22.08.2002; 04.12.2003; 18.01.2006; 04.09.2006; 03.08.2020
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