BSP is a fine table ware with a short life-span: it was produced for only about fifty years, from c. 175-125 BCE. In both chemical and mineralogical terms, the clay is identical to that of the slightly earlier Cilician Hellenistic slipped fine ware and ESA; all three likely originated in the same northernmost Levantine coastal region. Some shapes were produced in both BSP and Cilician Hellenistic slipped fine ware, including incurved and everted rim bowls. ...
Very clean, hard, dense light yellowish-pink fabric (5YR 7/4–7.5YR 8/4) with no visible inclusions, fully fired. Vessels are covered with a smooth, semi-lustrous slip, applied evenly to all surfaces by dipping. The slip may be fired completely black or a mottled red-black or maroon color. Some vessels are black outside and red inside, probably as a result of stacking in the kiln. Samples of BSP and ESA from Tel Anafa tested by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis fell into the sa...
'Akko, Harbor (Israel/Northern Coastal Plain)
Caesarea Maritima (Israel/Central Coastal Plain)