amphora

• Inside the large wine amphora was the emaciated body of Nicion's young grandson, only six months old. —  AHMM,June2008
• Nicion was following the old tradition of burying babies in wine amphora, but he broke tradition by placing it in the offering ditch alongside the grave jugs and drinking cups in honor of the babe. —  AHMM,June2008
• Each little amphora-shaped packet holds a bit of juice and a seed. —  Pure Florida
• The "Knights of the Black Flag" exhibit will include an ancient Roman amphora, the largest display of artifacts from the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne's Revenge —  WRAL.com Top Stories
• In another amphora (plate CXIX, d_) the opposite handles appear below the neck of the vessel; they are broader and apparently more serviceable The jar shown in plate CXIX, e_, has two ear-like extensions or projections from the neck of the jar, which are perforated for suspension. —  Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744

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