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Black Gloss boss-centred dish (phiale) with relief decoration. Roman, early 3rd BCE. Made in Rome and at Cales (Calvi) in Campania, Italy, 250-180 BCE. The phiale, with its distinctive bossed centre, was a shallow dish used primarily for pouring libations during religious rituals. This mould-made example was clearly a conscious imitation of contemporary silver vessels: the interior shows Sol the god of the sun and his chariot. An inscription runs around the interior of the floor in old Latin LUCIUS CANOLEIOS L.F. FECIT CALENOS, 'Lucius Canoleius of Cales, the son of Lucius, made (this)'. Cales (Calvi) in Campania, near Naples, was one of the first cities to be settled by Latin colonists from Rome in 334 BC and it is interesting to see this relatively early use of Latin on a vessel from a predominantly Greek-speaking part of Italy. Pottery, diam. 18 cm. Inv. GR 1928,0117.71.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART193339

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4572px × 3817px

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