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2. Amphora - Wikipedia

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   Silver amphora-rhyton with zoomorphic handles, c. 500 BC, Vassil Bojkov Collection (Sofia, Bulgaria) An amphora (/ ˈ æ m f ər ə /; Ancient Greek: ἀμφορεύς, romanized: amphoreús; English pl. amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container [1] with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and ...

3. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), [1] it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society. The shards of pots discarded ...

4. List of glassware - Wikipedia

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   Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cocktail glass but without the stem; Faceted glass or granyonyi stakan; Highball glass, for mixed drinks [6] Iced tea glass; Juice glass, for fruit juices and vegetable juices; Old fashioned glass, traditionally, for a simple cocktail or liquor "on the rocks" or ...

5. Typology of Greek vase shapes - Wikipedia

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   A few surviving vases were labelled with their names in antiquity; these included a hydria depicted on the François Vase and a kylix that declares, “I am the decorated kylix of lovely Phito” (BM, B450). Vases in use are sometimes depicted in paintings on vases, which can help scholars interpret written descriptions.

6. Trove of 1,000-year-old vases held ‘unexpected’ and ‘elusive ...

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   Photos show the three vessels that held tobacco residue. Two of them had a cylindrical shape while the third was spherical. One of the taller vessels was found just feet from the smaller ...

7. Ancient Roman pottery - Wikipedia

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   Red gloss terra sigillata ware with relief decoration. Compare the plain unglossed restored section to the left. The designation 'fine wares' is used by archaeologists for Roman pottery intended for serving food and drink at table, as opposed to those designed for cooking and food preparation, storage, transport and other purposes.