双耳瓶

Also known as 🏺, amphorae

thumb|Silver amphora-rhyton with zoomorphic handles, , Vassil Bojkov Collection ([[Sofia, Bulgaria)]]

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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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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category: Amphoras
Unicode character: 🏺
different from: Amphora
topic's main category: Category:Amphorae

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双耳瓶（英語：Amphora，古希臘語：ἀμφορεύς）是一类陶瓷瓶，具有两只把手以及细长的颈部结构。双耳瓶首先在前15世纪出现于今叙利亚地区，然后传播到世界各地，被古希腊人、古罗马人用于运送与存储葡萄、酒、橄榄油、食用油、谷物、橄榄、鱼类等。后来，人们生产了一些高品质的手绘双耳瓶，用于大量社会礼仪用途。这些双耳瓶不同于其他强调功能的双耳瓶，装饰更具艺术性，常被用作奖励。

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