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Accession_Number

47.2.5

Shape

Bolsal

Shape_description

Rounded thin rim, below which are attached two horizontal round handles, horseshoe-shaped; vertical wall curving into a shallow bowl, on a broad, flaring ring foot with a continuous concave interior surface from the underside through the resting surface.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Fine reddish-yellow clay

Munsell_color

5YR 7/8

Decoration

Black glaze covers the entire vessel, except for underside of the resting surface. It is not lustrous, of not good quality and on the interior it is mostly fired reddish, as well as on small parts of the exterior. Reddish paint is applied on the underside, which is decorated with a black dot at the centre, surrounded by two concentric thin black band at a distance of ca. 1 cm. VEry close to the external band, a thin band of thinned glaze. The interior of the bidy is has stamped decoration. Four stamped spindly palmettes arround a small circle.

Inscriptions

Condition

Assembled from 3 fragments. Missing one handle, some of the rim adjacent to that handle, and a large patch of the bottom of the bowl, adjacent to and slightly overlapping the stamped decoration. The other handle, previously broken off, with another rim fragment, has been rejoined. Some patches missing and scratches around the body on the interior and exterior, rim, handles over; slight deposits on the exterior.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; incised; stamped

Provenance

From Cyprus

Period

Late Classical

Date

400-350

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2004.95.0021.jpg	Front view of an Attic squat skyphos, showing uneven red firing and remaining handle.
2004.95.0022.jpg	Left side view of an Attic squat skyphos, showing uneven red firing and remaining handle.
2004.95.0023.jpg	Back side view of an Attic squat skyphos, showing remaining handle.
2004.95.0024.jpg	Right side view of an Attic squat skyphos, showing missing handle and chipped rim.
2004.95.0025.jpg	Top view of an Attic squat skyphos, showing handle, unevenly fired red interior, and chipped base.
2004.95.0026.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic squat skyphos, showing handle, chipped bottom, and base decoration of black dot and concentric circles.
2004.95.0031.jpg
2008.10.0013.jpg	Profile drawing of an Attic black-glazed bolsal.
2008.98.0405.jpg	Oblique top view of an Attic bolsal, showing handle, to left.
2008.98.0406.jpg	Side view of an Attic squat skyphos showing one handle.
2008.98.0407.jpg	Side view of an Attic squat skyphos showing the one remaining handle from the front.
2008.98.0408.jpg	Side view of an Attic squat skyphos showing the one remaining handle from the front.
2008.98.0409.jpg	Side view of an Attic squat skyphos showing the one remaining handle from the side.
2008.98.0410.jpg	Side view of an Attic squat skyphos showing missing handle.
2008.98.0411.jpg	Top view of an Attic squat skyphos showing the one remaining handle and a hole in the bottom.
2008.98.0412.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic squat skyphos showing the one remaining handle and a hole in the bottom.