Amphorae either rested on a foot, or ended in a point so that they had to be fixed in the ground.
The loading of the amphorae was delayed and we sailed in his smaller boat, with a crew of three, to the bay where the wreck lies, our sailing so smooth the hem of my skirt hardly swayed.
I'm afraid they'll be but dull dogs, the Antiquities, stuffy old gentlemen with amphorae in their buttonholes instead of orchids, and pedigrees poking out of all their pockets.
The fact that they had just drunk all the wine contained in all the amphorae in the village, killed the people's cattle, embraced their wives, had nothing to do with the matter.
He did not close the opening in the floor, but arranged the amphorae so as to conceal it, and returned to the room above.
He took up a lamp and led the way down a flight of stone stairs to the cellar, where great amphorae of wine, covered with dust and cobwebs, stood in the darkness.
Designs in framed panels are rare, except on the earlieramphorae and hydriae, and on the column-handled kraters.
On the Panathenaic amphorae she is always represented in the Promachos attitude, at first to left, but later to right, brandishing her spear.
Examples of amphorae and jugs with female heads modelled on the necks have been found at Richborough and elsewhere.
Subsequently the palmette gains the upper hand, as on the necks of the red amphorae (see Fig.
The earlier amphorae and hydriae, as we have seen, have panels with borders as in the B.
They may be compared with the countermarks or small adjuncts on the coins of the Republic, and the seals and stamps on the wine-amphorae of Thasos (Vol.
They, however, gave rise to a class of imitative fabrics found chiefly in Campania: small amphorae and other forms rudely painted with black silhouettes, dating from the fifth century.
In the circus of Maxentius a number of large amphorae were found embedded in the vaulting and upper part of the walls, arranged neck downwards and with their axis inclined obliquely to the wall.
Under their floors were generally placed one or more amphorae which had been used for storing grain, water, and cakes, no doubt for the welfare of the deceased.
There were jewels and coins, candelabra for unavailing light, and wine hardened in the amphorae for a prolongation of agonized life.
With all his conceit and extravagance he is not so rich, I fancy, as he affects to be, and perhaps loves to save his amphorae better than his wit.
Small amphorae containing the choicest wines, brought from the uttermost ends of the world by Sonnica's ships, were uncorked.
Some ate standing by the counter, behind which were ranged the amphorae corked with fresh leaves; others seated on the stone benches along the walls held earthenware plates on their knees.
A group of slave women chosen for their beauty, with Rhanto in the premier rank, carried on their heads great amphorae filled with honey and water for the libations in honor of the goddess.
On his way he overtook wagons laden with leather bottles of oil and amphorae of wine.
Amphorae have been found of this material, with long bodies ornamented with horizontal grooves.
Egyptian amphorae and other black-glazed vases are painted with naturally tinted bouquets of flowers, and thus in form and ground-color alone suggest the antique.
Among the commoner objects dating from this time are amphorae and small earthen lamps (Pl.
In the spring of 1893 some fishermen drew up in their nets, just off the coast of Alicante, three large intact amphorae thickly cased with shells, and sold them for eight dollars each.
Many handles of amphorae from Knidos have been found on different sites.
In them may be observed two or three stages of development, beginning with a fifth- or early fourth-century group of Attic type, consisting of large amphorae with two friezes of figures.
Remains of Cnidian amphorae have been found in Sicily, at Athens, Alexandria, and Olbia.
Amphorae of this form are represented on the coins of Chios and Thasos with reference to their trade in wine, and on the Athenian silver tetradrachms which belong to the period subsequent to about 220 B.
Panathenaic amphorae of the fourth century on which the old B.
One of the “mixed” amphorae (Louvre F 203) has three Amazons preparing for battle (B.
The imitations of Nolan amphorae have a slim body, twisted handles, and a sharply set-off shoulder forming a right angle with the neck instead of a graceful curve.
The vases are mostly small, and none of the large kraters or amphorae belong to this class.
Amphorae and other vases of late black ware, the bodies of which are reeded, were also evidently produced from moulds, and could not be made by the expensive process of modelling.
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In the fourth century a great change took place, the height being greatly increased and the body becoming proportionately slim; the form exactly resembles that of the contemporary Apulian sepulchral amphorae (Fig.
The others, having already drawn the water, with the amphorae poised on their shoulders, were turned homeward, light and graceful as immortal nymphs.
After this add sixty-four amphorae of stale salt and water.
Put into a cask ten amphorae of sweet wine, two amphorae of sour vinegar, and as much wine boiled down by two-thirds.
Fifteen cullei, or three hundred amphoraeper jugerum, is the equivalent of 2700 gallons per acre: while according to P.
On some little amphorae from Southern Italy the chevrons are of a manganese purple on a white translucent ground--this colour appears never to be combined with the more frequent blues and yellows.
Was it put in amphorae under the Consul Plancus--Consule Planco?
The floor had been strewn with fresh flowers, and the amphorae of wine were plunged into urns filled with snow.
On other amphorae the words for bean meal (lomentum), honey, and lentils appear, the last being designated by the Greek word.
A considerable number of the amphorae found at Pompeii bear inscriptions, generally written with a pen in black ink, but sometimes painted with a brush in red or white.
The names of two such estates were lately recovered from amphorae in the house of the Vettii, fundus Satrianus and fundus Asinianus.
In one house the place of an iron tripod was taken by three pointed ends of amphorae set upright on the hearth.
A great number of amphorae were found in it, as also in both peristyles.
As Amphoraeare epiphytic or parasitic, they are considered, as Cleve remarks, like Achnanthes and Cocconeis, as "degenerated forms.
The valves of most Amphorae are capable of assuming various outlines according to their position.
If any one shall wish to be a magister, he shall give twoamphorae of wine.
If any one shall wish to be a flamen, he shall give three amphorae of wine, besides bread and salt and provisions.
There is also said to have been a manufactory of amphorae and other earthenware at this spot, many of the fragments found here being the refuse of a great manufactory.
We know from those remaining at Pompeii that the amphorae which formed that branch of commerce were often six feet high.
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