Definition of Pithoi

1. pithos [n] - See also: pithos

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithoi

pithiatic
pithiatism
pithier
pithiest
pithily
pithiness
pithinesses
pithing
pithivier
pithiviers
pithless
pithlike
pithode
pithogues
pithoi (current term)
pithos
piths
pithsome
pithy
pitiable
pitiableness
pitiablenesses
pitiably
pitiamide
pitied
pitier
pitiers
pities
pitiful

Literary usage of Pithoi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lm Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"Since no pithoi have yet been mended, little can be said about their body ... Some pithoi have round-sectioned rims, and others have thickened rims with ..."

2. The Pottery of Lerna IV by Jeremy B. Rutter (1995)
"pithoi (FORM Xxiii) pithoi are extremely large storage jars. Unfortunately, no fully restorable examples were recovered from strata of Lerna N, ..."

3. The Greek Coins by John H. Kroll (1993)
"pithoi (FORM XXIII) pithoi are extremely large storage jars. Unfortunately, no fully restorable examples were recovered from strata of Lerna IV, ..."

4. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages by Sara Anderson Immerwahr (1971)
"PLATE 171 172 Cooking Pots, Neolithic ( 1:4) 173 174 178 176 Bowls (1:2) 175 177 179 181 180b 1 80a Bases (1:2) I 82 183 184 185 186 187 188 pithoi and ..."

5. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos by British School at Athens, Thomas Dinham Atkinson (1904)
"The pithoi from the pre-Mycenaean settlement in Aegina described by Mr. Staes ... A pattern which is very characteristic of the pithoi and which occurs very ..."

6. The Architecture, Stratification, and Pottery of Lerna III by Martha Heath Wiencke (2000)
"These latter proved to belong to the same pithoi as other sherds scattered a considerable distance away, around the perimeter of the House of the Tiles ..."

7. History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch (1858)
"pithoi of p&le red clay, with thick massive bodies, and the stone cover. In an excavation recently made half-way between Balaclava and Sebastopol, ..."

8. A Lm Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"Since no pithoi have yet been mended, little can be said about their body ... Some pithoi have round-sectioned rims, and others have thickened rims with ..."

9. The Pottery of Lerna IV by Jeremy B. Rutter (1995)
"pithoi (FORM Xxiii) pithoi are extremely large storage jars. Unfortunately, no fully restorable examples were recovered from strata of Lerna N, ..."

10. The Greek Coins by John H. Kroll (1993)
"pithoi (FORM XXIII) pithoi are extremely large storage jars. Unfortunately, no fully restorable examples were recovered from strata of Lerna IV, ..."

11. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages by Sara Anderson Immerwahr (1971)
"PLATE 171 172 Cooking Pots, Neolithic ( 1:4) 173 174 178 176 Bowls (1:2) 175 177 179 181 180b 1 80a Bases (1:2) I 82 183 184 185 186 187 188 pithoi and ..."

12. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos by British School at Athens, Thomas Dinham Atkinson (1904)
"The pithoi from the pre-Mycenaean settlement in Aegina described by Mr. Staes ... A pattern which is very characteristic of the pithoi and which occurs very ..."

13. The Architecture, Stratification, and Pottery of Lerna III by Martha Heath Wiencke (2000)
"These latter proved to belong to the same pithoi as other sherds scattered a considerable distance away, around the perimeter of the House of the Tiles ..."

14. History of Ancient Pottery by Samuel Birch (1858)
"pithoi of p&le red clay, with thick massive bodies, and the stone cover. In an excavation recently made half-way between Balaclava and Sebastopol, ..."

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