amphora
Example Sentences
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This 115-foot hill is actually an artificial mound, made up of fragments of millions of clay amphorae.
Sometimes, the shapes in “Pluriverse assembly” suggest familiar objects — a simple light bulb, for instance, or a changing typology of ancient Greek vases, like an amphora or an oenochoe jug.
From Los Angeles Times
Goods like olive oil and wine were imported to Britain using large ceramic jars known as amphora, but Romano-Britons "produced their own big jars which could rival this pottery", said Mr Biddulph.
From BBC
Over two days at sea this May, the vehicle mapped the site and determined that the amphorae rested in a vessel half-embedded in sediment.
From New York Times
This dietary change was linked to the creation of small cups and handled amphorae.
From Science Daily
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