Her breath snagged in her throat as she stood before the centerpiece of the exhibit: a double-handled clay jar called a pithos, almost four feet in height. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
Accumulation of vessels below the pithos (room 15). From Wordnik.com. [Picture 107 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The large complete pithos from the Macellum excavation. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Small Finds Conservation Report 2] Reference
The latter was well preserved on the top of the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The massive pithos was painted with images from the myth. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
In the next scene, her hands were on the top of the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
This probably means that they were used to cover the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
“This pithos is still special, though,” Gallus continued. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
Notice the stamps that decorate the rim of this pithos fragment. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 21, 2006] Reference
Could store anything in a pithos—grain, oil, wine—even a body. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
Anya walked around the cabinet, trying to get a better view of the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
Fallen pithos and sherds of another pithos at the southwest side of room 17. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 117 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
We discovered this object in the northwest corner of room 15, near the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 58 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The finds included mainly charcoal and bones, two rock crystals, and some sherds of a pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 63 « Field Notes 2005 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
In the NE corner the base of a pithos was preserved in situ, dug out in the occupation level. From Wordnik.com. [Tepe Düzen: Report 3 « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds] Reference
In the third, the pithos lay on its side, the jar leaking fearsome black shapes into the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
The pithos we found took up a substantial part of the southeast and central parts of the room. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The single most important find was a pithos, which we uncovered in front of the west doorjamb. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
At the lowest level of this fill, we unearthed two handle-less cups and sherds from a large pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
We found three handle-less cups, a sherd from a pithos, and some other sherds, as well as burnt wood and bones. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 86 « Field Notes 2006 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
Much easier than calling the strongest man in the village when you needed to pour more oil out of a large pithos!. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 58 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The discovery of pithos sherds at a higher level than the ground supported the notion that a second floor existed as well. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 63 « Field Notes 2005 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
Finds can be quite large also, like this massive pithos (storage jar) sherd almost a meter wide and three centimeters thick. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Video Diary: August 13, 2007] Reference
This probably means that they were used to cover the pithos, which was most likely used for storing liquids or legumes and nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 58 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
Ben Goetsch holds a rim fragment of a large pithos, a big vessel (often as tall as a man and many feet in diameter) used for water storage. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 21, 2006] Reference
At the same level, in the southwest corner of the room, we discovered big sherds that belonged to the rim and the body of another large pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
He is now undertaking his doctorate at the Institute of Classical Archaeology of Heidelberg University, studying the pithos burials of the Minoan cemetery at Phourni, Archanes. From Wordnik.com. [Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The fallen masonry was mainly concentrated in the western part of the room, whereas the eastern part was distinguished by a large, complete pithos and part of the floor of the upper story. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
An excellent example at Zominthos comes from room 15, where part of the floor was lying in the upper layers and especially above the pithos found at the northeast part of the room, giving a definitive answer about the original appearance of the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 58 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
The Greek word was (and is) & pgr; íθoς (pithos) a ` six-footish wine jar. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3] Reference
Pandora, for the ancient Greeks, was a problem, popping open a pithos vase filled with all the ills of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Well, I was looking forward to meeting Pandora, but she didn’t come with the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
The glass case that held Pandora’s Jar stood wide open, and there was an empty hole in the exhibit where the pithos had once been. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
At the center of the room, and in contact with pithos’ rims, we found two thin pieces of limestone that do not resemble the stones fallen from the story. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 115 « Field Notes 2007 « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
At the center of the room, and in contact with the pithos’ rims, two thin pieces of limestone came to light that do not resemble the stones fallen from the story above. From Wordnik.com. [Picture 58 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project] Reference
He pointed to the case containing the pithos. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
What’s a pithos?. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
“What happened to the pithos… to Pandora’s Jar?”. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
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