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Definition of Amphoras
1. amphora [n] - See also: amphora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphoras
Literary usage of Amphoras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Debris from a Public Dining Place in the Athenian Agora by Susan I. Rotroff, John Howard Oakley (1992)
"TRANSPORT amphoras The majority of transport amphoras in H 4:5 are of unknown
type and too fragmentary to warrant publication. ..."
2. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2003)
"Moreover, the few examples of Mañá-Pascual A4 amphoras then known from the ...
Note that mid-Sth-century Corinthian B amphoras from El Cerro Macareno are ..."
3. A LM Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"Wasters of collar-necked jugs (C 10602, С 10611), ewer (C 10300), oval-mouthed
amphoras (C 10018, С 10138, С 10279), pithos (С 10283). ..."
4. Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares by Susan I. Rotroff (2006)
"MINIATURE amphoras (525-531) Fig. 68, PL 58 7 inventoried examples (8 in deposit
sample) Small or miniature amphoras, ranging in height from ca. ..."
5. The Greek Coins by John H. Kroll (1993)
"All amphoras probably functioned much as did jugs, that is as pouring vessels
... amphoras (Form XVI): type 1, type 2 I Form: The basic form consists of a ..."
6. Fortified Military Camps in Attica by James R. McCreide (1966)
"It was at first thought possible that the amphoras, which were much more numerous
on the ... So many amphoras with a fairly narrow range of date would ..."
7. Archaic Corinthian Pottery and the Anaploga Well by Darrell Arlynn Amyx, Patricia Lawrence (1975)
"Parts of pitchers, amphoras, and hydrias are plentiful throughout, with fragments
of cooking pots and mortar-basins in modest quantities. ..."
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