I remembered this one more or less, with the grapes and the "amphora". From Wordnik.com. [More about egg symbols in Etruria and the rest of the classical world] Reference
Created in 1963, the cup was either originally supposed to be called the "amphora" cup or be a play on that word. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Buck, Anthora Coffee Cup Designer, Dead At 87] Reference
"amphora," a measuring device used by local tradesmen. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
A mid Byzantine import amphora in the Burdur Museum. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Survey Conclusions] Reference
Diver Nikita Zelenko excavates a large amphora sherd. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig: Black Sea Shipwreck Research Project] Reference
It was a big amphora, and of course the wine was neat. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
Inside was more food and a small wax-stoppered amphora. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
You could buy a young slave for 2 amphora (jars) of raisins. From Wordnik.com. [The Perdue Chicken Cookbook] Reference
There, at the edge of the cave he sees a Greek vase, an amphora. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of Westchester: Definitive Biography of John Cheever Tells a Dismal Tale] Reference
No. 3419, is a black-figured amphora which repeats the same scene. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Arguments flared, and then two sailors dropped a large wine amphora. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
And we dove down and brought up this -- it's a jar called an amphora. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2003] Reference
Among them was an amphora, having the following epigraph in black paint. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
A group suitable to an amphora would look out of place on a drinking cup. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Occasionally, contemporary amphora sherds attest to some degree of exchange. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Survey Conclusions] Reference
The third type is a small amphora with a ribbed, egg-shaped body, about 40 cm tall. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
It is exactly the same place that we unearthed a complete amphora the previous year. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
She lowered the amphora into the rack and took up the linen band the ape had slipped. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
These small amphora where believed to have been used for the transport of frankincense. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
Near the perfect amphora, surrounded with garlands, what is the rude and humble potter?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Rachel appeared at the outer opening, the amphora held by one arm, the ape by the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
As Helikaon cleared the rail, he saw that two men had dropped an amphora, which had smashed. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
An amphora analogous to this type is found in the thirteenth century strata at Constantinople. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
All the hard work finally pays off: team two hits it big with multiple complete amphora finds. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 31, 2006] Reference
She was there, in the sun and surrounded by vermin, as pure as an amphora, fragrant as a flower. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Erat autem in spéluncá mágna amphora vínó optimó repléta, quam centaurí ibi déposuerant. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
The hairy creature in the corner, tethered to the amphora rack, slipped his collar and followed her. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
“Now, this,” Banokles said, hefting the amphora and drinking deeply, “was worth fighting for.”. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
Kenkenes swept the jewels as if they had been almonds into an empty amphora and returned it to the rack. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Simul atque amphora aperta est, odor iúcundissimus undique diffúsus est; vínum enim suávissimum erat. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
And this ship was bringing back -- we found inside of this amphora, believe it or not, an 8-foot catfish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2003] Reference
I've had a mule fall on someone and crush them, and a man struck on the head by a full amphora of Cretan red. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Three men come from the well, each bearing a big clay amphora of water that must be boiled before we drink it. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
There was a feast at night in Alexander's honor; a whole spit-roast sheep and an amphora of wine to each campfire. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
“I told every one of them that if we found a single amphora of vinegar, the lot of them would be crucified, Roman citizens or no.”. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The old Israelite had prepared some of the gazelle-meat for him, and this, with a draft of wine from an amphora, refreshed him at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
She went to the amphora and poured water into the laver, drew forth from the box a horn comb and a vial of powdered soda from the Natron. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
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