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amphorae Meaning in Tamil ( amphorae வார்த்தையின் தமிழ் அர்த்தம்)



Noun:

ரோமாபுரியில் இரு கைகள் கொண்ட ஜாடி,



amphorae தமிழ் அர்த்தத்தின் உதாரணம்:

None

amphorae's Usage Examples:

The amphorae (Plate I.


, the constructional use of amphorae is noteworthy), with a plain brick exterior, and rich mosaics on a dark blue ground within.


Such ritual use of oil as a o payls or seal may have been suggested in old religions by the practice of keeping wine fresh in jars and amphorae by pouring on a top layer of oil; for the spoiling of wine was attributed to the action of demons of corruption, against whom many ancient formulae of aversion or exorcism still exist.


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.


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 ware is generally rather rough, thick and brown for the amphorae, thin and red for smaller vessels.


In his translations of Euripides' Cyclops, 381, "a bowl I Three cubits wide and four in depth, as much i As would contain four amphorae" the Greek original clearly points to "ten amphorae" and four may have come from the previous line.


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.


"The amphorae began to be ribbed about A.


The amphorae began to be ribbed about A.


_ In the lagoon itself were found a large number of terra cottas, made of local clay, some being masks of both divinities and men (among them grotesques) others representing hands and feet, others various animals, and of amphorae of various sizes and other vases.


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





Synonyms:

jar,



Antonyms:

stand still,

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