Examples of 'amphora' in a sentence
Meaning of "amphora"
Amphora: A type of ancient Greek or Roman pottery container with two handles and a narrow neck, used for storing liquids such as wine or oil
Show more definitions
- A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
- A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
- A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
- A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
How to use "amphora" in a sentence
Basic
Advanced
amphora
Let me fill my amphora with these waters.
Greece had to purchase the ancient amphora.
The head and amphora are intact.
The amphora is a widely used rhetorical figure.
And send to market for an amphora of mulsum.
The amphora stands on a rim foot.
He never travels without his amphora of naphtha.
The amphora is wrapped by a silent space.
What if julian uses the amphora as a weapon.
We have unearthed nearly a dozen limestone amphora.
Attic amphora with black figures.
And this is the best piece of amphora.
That amphora had been floating fifteen hundred years.
Its name is a play on the word amphora.
Part of an amphora cover was also found.
See also
Oil and wine used to be kept in an amphora.
The volume of a standard amphora is equal to one cubic foot.
We have also been finding increasing quantities of amphora.
May your grave be an old amphora with a broken neck.
It was approximately the mass of water required to fill an amphora.
A stamp usually was applied to the amphora at a partially dry stage.
There is a container hidden in the amphora.
Amphora does not tolerate personal conflict to the detriment of the group.
Its cargo included thousands of amphora of wine.
The amphora has a figural scene on each of its two faces.
To help claire is to find the amphora and close it.
The amphora appears as.
Cards points bluff creatures gods greek amphora.
Amphora with oil.
Very beautiful portrait of a young woman with an amphora.
A number of amphora were exhibited.
There is a container in this amphora.
Name of amphora numerous.
You will personally take care of transporting this amphora.
The typical container was the amphora and there were different types.
Monk warns there is good and evil in the amphora.
An amphora from ca.
They have found an amphora.
My amphora is inside.
I found the amphora.
The amphora gives the written text greater beauty or expressive power.
Boat with amphora.
Ornaments and amphora found at the site where the sword was found.
I picked up the amphora.
Bribing his way with an amphora of mulsum and promises to the air.
There are also amphora.
We can cut the amphora with a laser and try this new drill.
Wine seems to have been a major import as excavated amphora jars suggest.
This type of amphora presented some advantages in being lighter and with thinner walls.
Later the winner also received an amphora with sacred olive oil.
