In Ancient Greece what was an amphora?

zbeckabee

Amphorae were invented by the ancient Greeks and adopted by the Romans as the principal means for transporting and storing wine, oil, olives, grain, fish, and other commodities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora May 30 06, 9:22 AM

lanfranco

Then again, there are these rather more elegant and formal, and less utilitarian, examples of the type: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/04/eusb/ho_14.130.12.htm May 30 06, 7:13 PM

Baloo55th

The earliest example of the non-returnable bottle. Non-returnable cups (made of clay) were also used at water stalls in markets. May 31 06, 3:25 PM

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