Amphorae
Noun
The word is derived from amphora
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Actes du Colloque de Sienne (22-24 mai 1986), Rome, 105-138 whereas the Cretan amphorae have been analyzed by Marangou-Lerat.
Ancient Rome Large late Geometric Attic amphora, c. 725–700 BC By the Roman period utilitarian amphorae were normally the only type produced.
By the Roman period utilitarian amphorae were normally the only type produced.
Etruscan amphorae from the 7th and 6th centuries BC have been found in Marseille, Cassis, and in hilltop oppida in the region.
Amphorae, such as wine containers, continued to be made in profusion during the Roman Empire.
It is remarkable that even though the Etruscans imported, manufactured, and exported amphorae extensively in their wine industry, and other Greek vase names were Etruscanized, no Etruscan form of the word exists.