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Is this an urn 🏺and why is it in the food section?
Here's my real life roman one.
Gramps bought it from a market stall in Africa WW2.
One of my favourite things to look at.
Interesting thing about it is the slight angle of the top bit (rim / throat?)
Also looks like it was made in two bits.
That's pretty cool. It would be interesting to know what was in there.
It looks like a water jug.
That's a small amphora meant for household and table use. You can tell by the size of the handles and the base to stand on. The really really large ones for transport and storage have a pointed base and wider mouths.
( I used to collect museum replicas of Greek antiquities. ) Most of the big decorative urns you see in collections are funerary urns , big urns to bury bones in.
Tbh it looks like the Ashes urn 🏏
I think it's a roman orgy wine vase. e: seeing the other reply I'm not far off.
Thirsty work
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ It's apparently an amphora, which was apparently a type of container/vase used to transport wine and food.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about 'em:
"Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found. Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora
Now I want one, haha
That makes alot more sense. Interesting that they went with a amphora and not an actual bottle of wine. 🍾 will have to do for now.
@CEOofmyhouse56 I'm all for having an amphora of wine 🍷
Maybe put a couple on the clothes line and play amphora of fortune?
Gotta be careful you don't get smacked in the head with one while eyeing the other.