Irregular crater or a complex one with scalloped edges.
A bowl or dish used in religious ceremonies for pouring libations.
an irregular, saucer-shaped volcanic structure
a round, shallow dish used by the Romans during religious rituals to either pour libations of wine to the gods or to receive blood from the sacrificial victim. The patera is often depicted on coins being held by gods and goddesses as a symbol of their divine rank or of rites carried out in their honor.
a broad flat bowl or dish for drinking or pouring libations.
ancient Roman containers in the form of a shallow bowl without handles, often with a base whose center is pushed up into the body; used for offering libations at religious ceremonies or for drinking
A shallow dish from which a sacrifice or libation could be poured, often onto an altar. Many Roman coin reverse types show figures holding a patera, which symbolised piety and religious intent. Sometimes creatures with religious connections, such as snakes and peacocks, are fed from them.
a shallow bowl for pouring libations or scattering grain and salt in Roman religious ceremonies; see phiale.
A dish or bowl used by the Romans at their religious ceremonies.
Shallow crater; scalloped, complex edge.