Amphorae definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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This enclosure was not wholly explored; it may have served for workmen's barracks; the contents of two rubbish-pits (fig. 6, AA)--bones of edible animals, cherry-stones, shells of snails, and Dee mussels, potsherds, &c.--had; a domestic look; mill-stones for grinding corn, including one bearing what seems to be a centurial mark, and fragments of buff imported amphorae were also found here.

—Roman Britain in 1914

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He described it in some detail: how he'd found the amphorae--which are unquestionably one of the things that indicate the presence of a wreck. — The African Quest
He said there was a mound in the middle of the amphorae, and he'd cleared the silt off it over the course of several dives, until he realized that what he had was a golden god. — The African Quest
He did, in a way, look as if he were guarding the amphorae, the right arm raised as if to ward off any attacker. — The African Quest
The amphorae, again, would say that this is more likely to be Carthaginian And the statue Ah, the statue. — The African Quest
They looked vaguely like Zoubeeir's graveyard amphorae, but I'd need an expert opinion. — The African Quest