1) Ancient Greek jar 2) Ancient Greek storage vessel 3) Ancient Greek vessel 4) Ancient jar 5) Ancient jar used for wine 6) Ancient storage jar 7) Antique jar 8) Antique oil holder 9) Culinary vegetable 10) Decorative jar 11) Early vase 12) Edible squash 13) Edible gourd 14) Edible vegetable 15) Gourd
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1) Urn 2) Vase
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AMPHORA (`AutoMated Phylogenomic infeRence Application`) is an open-source bioinformatics workflow. AMPHORA2 uses 31 bacterial and 104 archaeal phylogenetic marker genes for inferring phylogenetic information from metagenomic datasets. Most of the marker genes are single copy genes, therefore AMPHORA2 is suitable for inferring the accurate taxon.....
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An amphora (English plural: amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period. Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. It is most often ceramic, but examples in metals and ...
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[alga] Amphora is a major genus of marine and freshwater diatoms. With over 1000 species, it is one of the largest genera of diatoms. ...
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[measure] Lists of adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy. ...
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[unit] The amphora, or amphora quadrantal was a unit for measuring liquids or bulk goods in the Roman Empire, and for estimating the size of ships and the production of vineyards. The volume of a standard amphora is equal to one cubic foot. Thus the Roman amphora (one foot ~29.6 cm) contains about 26 litres, Greek amphoras varied from 18.5 ...
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• (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
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Large round ceramic container used for transportation and storage of goods. Used from antiquity until the 16th century or so. Used for wine, oil, olives, grain, etc, etc. Amphoras in a shipwreck can often tell the age and nationality of the wreck. More info.
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ancient Roman unit of capacity for grain and liquid products equal to 48 sextarii and equivalent to about 27.84 litres (7.36 U.S. gallons). The term ... [2 related articles]
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one of the principal vessel shapes in Greek pottery, a two-handled pot with a neck narrower than the body. There are two types of amphora: the neck ... [7 related articles]
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An ancient wine jar, made of clay, with two handles on opposite sides near the top. Amphorae are periodically discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, where they have lain for centuries, since the shipwrecks that left them there.
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A type of ceramic vase, used for transporting and storing wine in ancient times.
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A two-handled narrow-necked storage jar used in the Graeco-Roman world, usually made of clay. There are two main types. The first, with a pointed base, was essentially used as a container for...
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A heavy pottery storage jar, often shaped like a tall vase with handles and a pointed base. Amphorae came in many forms - tall and slim, fat and round - but all could be stacked against one another. The neck was usually plugged with wood and a painted inscription recorded the nature, quantity and owner of the contents. They were the universal means…...
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Two-handled jar with a rounded body and narrow neck. Amphorae were used in ancient Greece, Rome and China for storing wine and oil. They re-emerged in an ornamental guise in 18thC Europe, particularly in NEOCLASSICAL silverwear and as a decorative motif-on ANTWERP lace, for example.
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Am'pho·ra noun ;
plural Amophoræ [ Latin , from Greek ..., ..., a jar with two handles; ... + ... bearer, ... to bear. Confer
Ampul .] Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
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(AM-fuhr-uh) An ancient vessel used to store and transport wine.
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An amphora was a Roman two-handled vessel, generally made of clay, used for holding, wine, oil, honey and the bones or ashes of the dead. The amphora was a Roman unit of liquid measure containing 48 sectari, equivalent to about six gallons, the Greek amphora holding about nine gallons.
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amphora, amphorous 1. A large two-handled storage jar. 2. A narrow-necked jar used in ancient Greece and Rome, usually made of clay, with a narrow neck and two handles, used for holding oil or wine 3. Contraction of amphiphoreus, from amphi-, 'on both sides' plus phoreus 'bearer, carrier' and pherein, 'to bear, to carry'; from its two handles. I...
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A type of ceramic vase, used for transporting and storing wine in ancient times.
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two-handled clay jar used to store liquids by ancient Greek and Roman traders.
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noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
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A distinctively shaped jar that was used for storing and transporting wine in Greek and Roman times. Many have been recovered from the Mediterranean floor in perfect condition by modern divers, some still containing traces of the wine or oil they once held.
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a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games. Cf. pelike, stamnos.
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