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bolsal
(?)
Object Type
bolsal
(?)
Museum number
AshmLoan.498
Description
High, flaring ring foot and body sherd of Attic black-glazed pottery bowl (bolsal?); wholly glazed save junction of foot and underside of floor; two repair holes on foot. Graffito under foot.
Cultures/periods
Attic
(?)
Classical Greek
Production date
350BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Dr David George Hogarth
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Hellenion (Naukratis)
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Glaze
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
9 centimetres
(foot)
Height:
2.30 centimetres
Thickness:
0.50 centimetres
(body)
Width:
8.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Object owned and held by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
Bibliographic references
Hogarth, Lorimer & Edgar 1905 / Naukratis 1903
(no. 30)
Bernand 1970 / Le Delta égyptien d'après les textes grecs, i: les confins libyques
(p. 709, no. 673, pl. 27.9)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.1423)
Location
Not on display
Previous owner
Currently owned by:
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Department
External
Registration number
AshmLoan.498
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
AN1896-1908-G.141.6
(Accession Number)