Brown amphorae soft and smaller, with narrow ribbing. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
The new type of imported amphorae from the Upper Agora. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Ceramic Studies Report 3] Reference
He's made a packet from shifting amphorae of sea bass. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Wineskins and amphorae had been brought in large quantities. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Some amphorae are covered in an engobe, a slip of levigated white clay. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
Also found on the site are two types of amphorae dating to the same period. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Synopsis] Reference
It is difficult to decipher what the contents of this type of amphorae were. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
Dr. Zelenko gives a lesson on the amphorae types we have found at Novy Svet. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Interview with Professor Zelenko] Reference
Team two surfaces, showing off some of the complete amphorae found on their dive. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 31, 2006] Reference
I had a momentary flashback to the globular amphorae Polystratus unloaded at Corinth. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
The amphorae date to ca. 430 B.C., coinciding with the outset of the Peloponnesian War. From Wordnik.com. [Athens' Road of Heroes] Reference
That all of the amphorae arrived on Lanzarote between the first and fourth centuries A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Trade With the Canary Islands] Reference
The ceramics inside the floor substrate also contained a few sherds of imported amphorae. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - N-S Colonnaded Street Report 3] Reference
A restored vessel from the Upper Agora and a fragment of an amphorae from the Lower Agora. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Ceramic Studies Report 2] Reference
Remarkably, among the deposits studied thus far no imported amphorae have been identified. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Ceramology Report 2] Reference
Last time I saw those fat, round-bellied amphorae, they were in Baetica, used for olive oil. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
One of the restored local amphorae and a restored jug from storage room 2 behind the Macellum. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Ceramology Report 2] Reference
In their wealth of amphorae, the vessels carried goods from North Africa, Italy and Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Shipwrecks Found Off Central Italy's Coast] Reference
Until this time, no trace of the presence of amphorae in the first century A.D. had been found. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - N-S Colonnaded Street Report 3] Reference
As I mentioned before, amphorae are among the most numerous and helpful artifacts that we uncover. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 21, 2006] Reference
Whistling, Polystratus walked over to his cart, where he fiddled with one of the globular amphorae. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Most of the amphorae from the shipwreck belong to the widespread pear-shaped type with bowed handles. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
Masts bristled from a thicket of lighters along a quay crowded with bales, barrels, sacks, and amphorae. From Wordnik.com. [Hadrian's Wall.html]
Swilling undiluted Falernian like water, then leaving half empty amphorae unstoppered for the wineflies. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
We watched as he oversaw the unloading of several large amphorae, wine or seafood containers, presumably. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Thirteen of the 20 amphorae raised from the wreck even had stamps specifying the name of the manufacturer. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Synopsis] Reference
You'd be surprised how long it takes to persuade some lousy Greek fish-bottler to sell you a few amphorae. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Dr. Zelenko hypothesizes that the amphorae contained oil and were produced in the northern Black Sea region. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Synopsis] Reference
Most of the potsherds belong to large amphorae used to carry such commodities as wine, salt fish, and olive oil. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Trade With the Canary Islands] Reference
Group of regionally produced amphorae from various locations in the city, the front one re-joined from fragments. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Small Finds Conservation Report 1] Reference
In the end, in the crucial matter of winning the captain's confidence, Famia's amphorae were what carried weight. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
The ceramologists focused on the Early Iron Age and late pottery of the region, on the amphorae and their origin. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Introduction 2007] Reference
With a little help from lady luck, we began and ended the week with the discovery of three nearly intact amphorae. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 31, 2006] Reference
From the numbers of amphorae now lined up against a wall, it seemed drink was available to us in naval quantities. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Leaning against the sarcophagus was a wooden rack containing several earthenware amphorae; on the floor about it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
We find a range of graffiti on amphorae usually on the base of the handle or near the sloping shoulder of the vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 21, 2006] Reference
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