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  2. Jar (pelike) with Odysseus and Elpenor - Wikipedia

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    A pelike was a ceramic container that the Greeks used as storage/transportation for wine and olive oil. As seen in the picture on the right, it had a large belly with thin, open handles.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Oenochoe - Wikipedia

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    ' I pour ', sense "wine pourer"; pl.: oinochoai; Neo-Latin: oenochoë, pl.: oenochoae; English pl.: oenochoes or oinochoes), is a wine jug and a key form of ancient Greek pottery. Intermediate between a pithos (large storage vessel) or amphora (transport vessel), and individual cups or bowls, it held fluid for several persons temporarily until ...

  5. Krater - Wikipedia

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    At a Greek symposium, kraters were placed in the center of the room.They were quite large, so they were not easily portable when filled. Thus, the wine-water mixture would be withdrawn from the krater with other vessels, such as a kyathos (pl.: kyathoi), an amphora (pl.: amphorai), [1] or a kylix (pl.: kylikes). [1]

  6. Pithos - Wikipedia

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    Pithos (/ ˈ p ɪ θ ɒ s /, [1] Ancient Greek: πίθος, plural: pithoi πίθοι) is the Greek name [2] [3] of a large storage container. The term in English is applied to such containers used among the civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the succeeding Iron Age. Pithoi were used for bulk ...

  7. Stirrup jar - Wikipedia

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    Speculations as to other contents have been made, but are generally unsupported. The most common, wine, had its own battery of containers from serving and drinking ware (cups, mixers, bowls, etc.) to transport vessels, the amphorae, which are generally larger and more plentiful than stirrup-jars. Wine was apparently more plentiful.

  8. Category:Wine packaging and storage - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Wine packaging and storage" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  9. Dolium - Wikipedia

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    The dolium was a large jug or container made of fired clay.Oval in shape, with a wide mouth and rim, it was much larger than the amphora, a similar pottery container.The dolium had no neck or handles and, in many cases, could measure up to six feet in height.

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