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Definition of Amphorae
1. amphora [n] - See also: amphora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphorae
Literary usage of Amphorae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1885)
"Gen. di Cesnola found elsewhere in Cyprus some thirty complete amphorae of the sort,
... It is well known that such amphorae, from Rhodes, Cnidus, ..."
2. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"By way of illustration, it may be advantageous to make a comparison between the
two main varieties of black- figured Attic amphorae (see pp. ..."
3. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... and, from the position they are occasionally shown to have occupied *, we may
conclude that many were placed in upper rooms, as the amphorae in a Roman ..."
4. Engraved Gems: Their History & an Elaborate View of Their Place in Art ,in by Maxwell Sommerville (1889)
"THE THREE amphorae. THE strangest feature of all was to be seen in a ...
Behold them iu these three amphorae decocted from blessed herbs from ..."
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