95 T his article reconsiders two joined and previously published bowl fragments from Boğazköy. They are decorated with a secondarily incised armed warrior in a victorious pose, probably standing on or near a person (dead?) lying down (figs 1–3). The bowl has so far received attention mainly for its incised decoration. It was first published by Kurt Bittel (1976) as a single find, separate from its context (Haus 19) and associated materials. Its context and associated finds were published in dispersed studies, in most cases without reference to the bowl. Rainer Michael Boehmer, who published the small finds from the bowl’s context, namely the Lower City residential area, does not mention it (1979). He has also published the relief pottery from Boğazköy, which includes some associated materials (1983). Boehmer’s publication with Hans Gustav Güterbock (1987) on the seals and sealings from the Lower City also includes finds from this context. The other pottery from this area has not yet been published; this is clearly a handicap for the current analysis. Subsequently, the context of the bowl has been examined by Andreas Müller-Karpe as part of his study of metal workshops (Müller-Karpe 1994b). He identifies Haus 19 as the workshop of a craftsperson working on small objects of various materials, and his study is adopted here as the main reference for contextual information. More recently, the figure on the incised bowl has been identified as a Mycenaean warrior by Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier and regarded as indicating Mycenaean and Hittite connections, but without essential in-depth analysis (Niemeier 2002). The figure has continued to be cited as such (for example Genz 2017). This artefact and its secondarily produced image embrace fundamental oppositions in terms of production and image, which could have been produced with the intention of dualistic expression. Dualism refers literally doi:10.1017/S0066154619000061 The dualistic nature of a Red Lustrous Wheelmade bowl from Boğazköy with a depiction of a victorious armed warrior Ekin Kozal Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey ekozal@comu.edu.tr Abstract A bowl with an incised heroic combat scene was found at the Hittite capital of Boğazköy and dates to the end of the 15th/beginning of the 14th century BC. This article reconsiders this previously published bowl, its production history and the message it conveys. The warrior is usually identified as Mycenaean, and in previous studies the bowl has been considered only for its incised decoration without evaluation of the bowl itself, its context and associated finds. This article argues that the bowl had a physical journey from Rough Cilicia to Hattusa and a non-physical journey from being a simple everyday object to a unique artwork through the secondary carving of an image, which reflects dualistic aspects. Özet Hitit başkenti Boğazköy’de, üzerine kazıma tekniğiyle kahraman mücadele sahnesi işlenmiş bir kase bulunmuş ve M.Ö. 15. yüzyılın sonu-14. yüzyılın başına tarihlendirilmiştir. Daha önce yayınlanmış olan bu kase, üretim aşamaları ve içerdiği anlam bakımından bu makalede yeniden ele alınmaktadır. Önceki çalışmalarda, kasenin buluntu yeri (konteksi) ile birlikte bulunduğu buluntular dikkate alınmamış, yalnızca üzerindeki mücadele sahnesi ile değerlendirilmiş ve bezemedeki savaşçı genellikle Miken kültürüne özgü olarak tanımlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada ise, kasenin bir taraftan Dağlık Kilikya’dan Hattuşa’ya gönderilerek maddi bir yolculuk yapmış olduğu, diğer taraftan ise ikincil tasviri ile günlük bir nesne olmaktan çıkıp eşsiz bir sanat eserine dönüşerek manevi bir yolculuk daha yaptığı ve bu kapsamda dualistik özel- likler yansıttığı savunulmaktadır. Anatolian Studies 69 (2019): 95–108 © British Institute at Ankara 2019 https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0066154619000061 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, on 20 Jun 2019 at 11:43:30, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at