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The Duenos Inscription, one of the earliest known Old Latin texts, variously dated from the 7th to the 5th century BC, [3] is inscribed round a kernos of three linked pots, of an Etruscan type. The Greek term is sometimes applied to similar compound vessels from other cultures found in the Mediterranean , the Levant , Mesopotamia , and South Asia .
A flowerpot, planter, planterette or plant pot, is a container in which flowers and other plants are cultivated and displayed. Historically, and still to a significant extent today, they are made from plain terracotta with no ceramic glaze , with a round shape, tapering inwards.
Some Satavahana terracotta artefacts also seem to have a thin strip of clay joining the two moulds. This technique may have been imported from the Romans and is seen nowhere else in the country. [13] Terracotta horses from Bishnupur, Bankura. Contemporary centres for terracotta figurines include West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and ...
Čeština: Raně kykladský keramický kernos (a "omáčkovník"), EC II-III, 2500 až 2000 před n. l. Nalezen byl při vykopávkách roku 1997 ve starokykladském pohřebišti v Rivari na Mélu. Archeologické muzeum na Mélu.
A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors. [1] As such, they are found in places like residences and offices, mainly for decorative purposes. Common houseplants are usually tropical or semi-tropical, and are often epiphytes, succulents or cacti. [2]
Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. [1] [2] Moistened chia seeds (Salvia hispanica) are applied to a grooved terracotta figurine. [2] The Chia Pet was marketed and popularized by Joseph Pedott. [3]
Terra preta is characterized by the presence of low-temperature charcoal residues in high concentrations; [2] of high quantities of tiny pottery shards; of organic matter such as plant residues, animal feces, fish and animal bones, and other material; and of nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, zinc and manganese. [6]
Constructed in 1905, the building housed the offices for the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company's terra cotta production plant. The plant c. 1905 In the early twentieth century, terra cotta was a popular decorative building material in both Chicago and the country as a whole; the newly developed Chicago school of architecture in particular used ...