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Amphora - Wikipedia
Amphora is a Greco-Roman word developed in ancient Greek during the Bronze Age. The Romans acquired it during the Hellenization that occurred in the Roman Republic. Cato is the first known literary person to use it. The Romans turned the Greek form into a standard -a declension noun, amphora, pl. amphorae. … 展开
An amphora is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and packages, tied together with rope and delivered by … 展开
Roman amphorae were wheel-thrown terracotta containers. During the production process the body was made first and then left to dry partially. Then coils of clay were added to … 展开
The first systematic classification of Roman amphorae types was undertaken by the German scholar Heinrich Dressel. Following the exceptional amphora deposit uncovered in Rome in Castro Pretorio at the end of the 1800s, he collected almost 200 inscriptions from … 展开
• Ancient Roman pottery
• Ayla-Axum Amphoras
• Carinate
• Demijohn, another large container used historically for wine
• Lionel Casson, scholar of the contents of shipwrecked amphorae 展开Amphorae varied greatly in height. The largest stands as tall as 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) high, while some were less than 30 centimetres (12 inches) high - the smallest were called amphoriskoi (literally "little amphorae"). Most were around 45 centimetres (18 inches) … 展开
Prehistoric origins
Ceramics of shapes and uses falling within the range of amphorae, with or without handles, are of prehistoric heritage across Eurasia, from the … 展开CC-BY-SA 许可证中的维基百科文本 Roman Amphorae: a digital resource - Archaeology …
Amphorae produced in the Mediterranean region were a truly international type of pottery. While it is common knowledge that Roman amphorae abound within the confines of the Roman Empire, it should be realized that they were also in …
Amphora - World History Encyclopedia
2016年8月30日 · An Amphora (Greek: amphoreus) is a jar with two vertical handles used in antiquity for the storage and transportation of foodstuffs such as wine and olive oil. The name derives from the Greek amphi-phoreus meaning …
Amphora | Ancient Greece, Roman Empire & Storage Vessels
Roman amphorae - Oxford Reference
Late Roman Amphora 1 - Archaeology Data Service
Amphorae, Roman | Oxford Classical Dictionary
Archives: Amphora: Details of Dressel 20 - Archaeology Data Service
Transport Amphora (Middle Roman Amphora 7) — …
Each amphora type is regionally specific; since the type seen here is most commonly found on sites near the Aegean Sea, the vessel and the product it carried both likely came from that area. Its presence at Dura-Europos is a …
Roman Amphorae: a digital resource – ScienceOpen