anfora

Also known as 🏺, amphorae

tipo di vaso di terracotta a due manici

AI overview

An amphora is a large ancient vessel with two handles, typically used for storing and transporting liquids like wine or oil. These containers are important to archaeologists and historians because they provide evidence about trade, daily life, and craftsmanship in ancient civilizations.

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Artifact.image_caption: Amphora designed for marine transport, taken from shipwrecks of the Bronze Age, on display in the Museum of Underwater Archaeology at Bodrum Castle, Turkey. The museum archaeologists have devised a rack and roping device to illustrate how the cargo might have been kept from shifting.
Artifact.image2_caption: Panathenaic prize amphora in the black-figure style, showing the goddess Athena
Artifact.material: Ceramic, a small minority in metal, rare instances in stone or glass
Artifact.size: Small-volume container varying from table-top size to half the height of a human, able to be carried by one or more people.
Artifact.writing: Sometimes inscribed with an identifying mark, or, in the case of painted ware, the signature of the potter or artist and the names of the characters depicted in the scene.
Artifact.created: Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages
Artifact.discovered: The shards are ubiquitous in any type of archaeological context. The vessels were used primarily to carry wine, which was drunk by all known peoples over Eurasia from at least the Neolithic.
Artifact.location: Circum-Mediterranean, Black Sea, Eurasia from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Artifact.name: Amphora
Artifact.image: 250px
Artifact.image2: 250px

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Article · Italiano

L'anfora (dal greco ἀμφορεύς, da ἀμφί + φέρομαι, "esser portato da entrambe le parti", attraverso il latino amphora) è un vaso di terracotta a due manici, definiti anse, di forma affusolata o globulare utilizzato nell'antichità per il trasporto di derrate alimentari liquide o semiliquide, come vino, olio, salse di pesce, conserve di frutta, miele, ecc. Si possono classificare in fenicie o puniche, greche, etrusche, della Magna Grecia (greco-italiche antiche) e romane. L’anforologia è la disciplina che si occupa di studiare le anfore per migliorare le conoscenze archeologiche e storiche dei popoli antichi che le utilizzarono; le anfore, infatti, costituiscono una ricca testimonianza del proprio tempo: attraverso di esse si possono capire le tecniche di fabbricazione utilizzate, si possono individuare i centri di produzione dei contenitori e dei contenuti, si possono ricostruire le antiche rotte commerciali e così via.

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