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BOL ARMEN
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The baked enamel label on this square-shaped drug jar is marked "BOL ARMEN", above an alchemical symbol, Double PPs with a line running through the stems. Armenia Bole or bolis, is a type of red clay found in Armenia and areas of the Middle East. It was used internally for gastric complaints.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineBOL ARMEN. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
