दो हैंडल और एक संकीर्ण गर्दन के साथ एक प्राचीन जार; तेल या शराब को पकड़ने के लिए उपयोग किया जाता है

Noun:

दोहरी मुठिये का लंबा घड़ा,

amphorae's Usage Examples:

The older amphorae were oval-shaped, such as the vases filled with oil for prizes at the Panathenaic festival, having on one side a figure of Athena, on the other a representation of the contest; the latter were tall and slender, with voluted handles.

Amphorae either rested on a foot, or ended in a point so that they had to be fixed in the ground.

The amphorae (Plate I.

The vessels of later date which have been found in considerable quantities, principally in the coast towns and islands of the Mediterranean, are amphorae and alabastra, also decorated with zigzag lines.

The " primitive " vessels which have been found in Egypt are small in size and consist of columnar stibium jars, flattened bottles and amphorae, all decorated with zigzag lines, tiny wide-mouthed vases on feet and minute jugs.

In the Kul Oba tomb mentioned above the chamber was of stone and the contents, with one or two exceptions, of purely Greek workmanship, but the ideas underlying are the same - the king has his wife, his servant and his horse, his amphorae with wine, his cauldron with mutton-bones, his drinking vessels and his weapons, the latter being almost the only objects of barbarian style.

Store of wine was contained in six amphorae, and in two bronze cauldrons were mutton-bones.

Among the tombs many of the poorer under the Empire were simply formed of amphorae, in which the body was placed.

Nazario e Celso), a small structure in the form of a Latin cross with a dome (in which, as in the baptistery of Neon, the old cathedral, 'c., the constructional use of amphorae is noteworthy), with a plain brick exterior, and rich mosaics on a dark blue ground within.

The amphorae began to be ribbed about A.D.

amphorae's Meaning':

an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine

Synonyms:

jar,

Antonyms:

stand still,