Storage vessel with two handles connecting the pot's neck and shoulder.
Double-handled storage or transport jar of clay or bronze, especially for oil or wine.
a crystal or stone perfume holder worn by a woman on a chain around her neck as a promise of her virginity. The amphora or a substitute is broken at her wedding (cf. crossed heart)
A distinctive pottery storage vessel exported throughout the Roman empire. They usually contained wine or olive oil.
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.
A tall ceramic container used for transportation and storage of goods from Antiquity until the 16th century AD, especially in the Mediterranean.
am-phor-a An earthenware vessel used throughout antiquity to transport liquids and perishibles.
A large two-handled Greek or Roman pottery vessel commonly used for storage of wine, oil, water, and grain - the cargo cask of antiquity.
Two - handled jar with a narrow neck and sometimes a tapered base, designed for transporting or storing, olive oil or other liquid, special wine.
Pot form used in Mediterranean countries for holding liquids. Characterized by two handles linking the neck to the body of the pot.
an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
a Grecian vase with two handles, often seen on medals
a large fired clay storage container with a handle on each side
a two-handled Greek vase, generally with a swolled belly, narrow neck, and a large mouth
a two-handled, narrow-necked vessel with a narrow, usually pointed base
a type of ceramic vase with two handles, used for the transportation and storage of perishable goods and more rarely as containers for the ashes of
a type of clay jar used since ancient times to ship edibles
a type of two-handled vase, gracefully shaped and often decorated with great skill
Two-handled vessel for transport of oil and wine.
(Greek) A tall jar with two handles, usually on opposite sides of a vessel's shoulder.
(pl. amphorae) large Classical vase-form, used for carrying water or wine and other commodities
A large container made from clay that was used in the transport of wine, oil and non perishable items that could not be placed in a wooden case. It later became a unit of measure for liquids
(Latin) A jar with two handles.
A two-handled vessel with a narrow neck, generally used for holding wine or oil.
A storage jar used in ancient Greece having an egg-shaped body, a foot, and two handles, each attached at the neck and shoulder of the jar.
An ancient two-handled, narrow-necked jar or vase used to store oil or wine.
a two-handled ovoid narrow necked vessel used by the ancients for holding wine or other liquids. IGCB Always with a point on the bottom, for sticking in dirt, used with a ring stand on solid surfaces; more often of clay than glass and therefore a shape or style today. MF A visitor, M. Hans Liebert, points out that the shape permitted tight packing in sailing ships, the point fitting snugly in the space between the vessels on the next layer down. 2005-03-31
A large two-handled jar for wine, oil, and other liquids is known as an amphora.
A two handled jar used for general storage purposes, usually to hold wine or oil. apse A recess, usually semicircular, in a wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church.
a Roman wine container with two handles and a thin neck
a jar or vase with a large oval body, narrow cylindrical neck, and two handles
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.
Technically, an amphora is an ancient two-handled jar, but glassblowers use the term to refer to a classical vase form, specifically with a waisted bottom.
A type of ceramic vase, used for transporting and storing wine in ancient times.
a large Greek vase with two handles used for holding wine, water, or provisions such as olive oil and grain. Am means two or both handles, and phora means to carry.
A large Greek storage vase with an oval body usually tapering toward the base; two handles extend from just below the lip to the shoulder.
An amphora is the vessel they used in ancient times to store wine.
A small-mouthed two-handled vase with a pointed bottom; used to carry and store oil and wine.
Tall earthenware jar for oil or wine.
Storage jar from ancient Greece. Amphorae are egg shaped, with two handles attached at the base of the neck.