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finds > finds type > pottery > pottery form > pithos

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pithos  

Definition

  • A large storage vessel with thick walls with a narrow neck. On occasion they were also used for jar burial in the Aegean area.

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Source

  • Kipfer, B. A. Dictionary of Artifacts 2007. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.p 243

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/pithos/4.135

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