In Roman times the amphora was used as a unit of liquid measure containing 2 urnae, 8 congii, or 48 sextarii. |
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All of the preserved skeletal material was recovered from the burial amphora itself and not from the associated pyre deposits. |
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And at a site called the Canyons we came across what appeared to be the lip and handle of an amphora. |
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There is a scene drawn on the body of the amphora, of two wreaths of lotus blossoms and palmettos on the amphora's body. |
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He is an accomplished diver who grows flowers in an amphora he retrieved from the deep. |
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Archaeologists have found the crushed remains of an amphora, a large ceramic jar, containing hundreds of fish bones. |
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The cup was discovered in 1917 in Turkey, within an amphora at the foot of an early Bronze Age tumulus. |
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To use an amphora at the end of your turn, click on the urn to the left of your name. |
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All publications of amphora stamps must include an index mentioning fabricants, eponyms, months and emblems. |
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They paired the gravitas of ancient amphora with the strident lines of a computer-controlled machinery. |
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And by the time the last American troops pulled out in 2011, the Iraqi amphora might not have looked like new. |
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But we do know about various containers for transport used for the commonly eaten foodstuffs, especially the amphora, which had pointed bottoms. |
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Olive oil, wine and exotic fruits from the Mediterranean area were the foods most commonly imported in amphora. |
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Her right hand shields her pubic area, while her left arm is raised at the elbow and her left hand holds a piece of drapery that falls onto an amphora. |
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Beside the swords lay a bundle of about a dozen 2ft long socketed iron spearheads, and overlying the whole group of objects were large chunks of a broken amphora. |
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The amphora will travel through the Towns hit by the earthquake to join the Mediterranean water which will arrive from every participating Country wet by the sea. |
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Also among the interesting discoveries distinguish big swords with leaves of gold, ivory, cupreous decorative from Cyprus and amphora with representation of one of holy top and wild beasts. |
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The principal Roman capacity measures were the hemina, sextarius, modius, and amphora for dry products and the quartarus, sextarius, congius, urna, and amphora for liquids. |
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The jar, shaped like an amphora, belongs to the group of so-called Alhambra vases characterised by a swelling body, a neck with protruding lip and wide flat handles. |
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Two-handled clay pots, the amphora, were primarily used as containers for foodstuffs from the Mediterranean area on their way to customers throughout the Empire. |
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Liquamen, a kind of fish sauce, was shipped in special amphora. |
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The KLUDI AMPHORA fittings reflect the design of ancient amphora in their serenity and clarity: soft and flowing with a touch of Mediterranean flair. |
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The hour and minute model, with its boldly designed case in the form of a stylized amphora, its guilloche ornamentation and its fresh shape, paved the way for the Amphora Chrono version, launched in the course of the summer. |
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Their vase forms were versions of traditional Greek vases such as the hydria, the tekythov, krater, amphora, kylix and oenochoe. |
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Mosaic patterns in the floor of his atrium were decorated with images of amphora bearing his personal brand and bearing quality claims. |
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A wine vessel, probably the Roman urna, which contained half the quantity of the amphora. |
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After nearly three decades a detailed understanding of the chronology of the eastern amphora types is only just being developed. |
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The containers found in the wreck are known as amphora, and are unique shapes, that often contained handles. |
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It consists of an anagram of PATER NOSTER carved on a piece of amphora. |
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Such an undertaking was possible because of the extensive review of amphora sites compiled by Sunil Gupta, which lists over 50 potential find spots. |
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The Globular Amphora culture stretched from central Europe to the Baltic sea, and emerged from the Funnelbeaker culture. |
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Arnold Zylberberg sat in the tweed wing chair in his oak-paneled study, intently stuffing Amphora tobacco into his pipe. |
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