#amforă

• Amphora — An ancient ceramic vessel of an ovoid or spherical shape, featuring two symmetrical handles and a narrow neck, utilized in antiquity for transporting and storing liquids (wine, oil) or grains. Its lower structure often ends in a pointed base to facilitate stable placement in sand or special wooden racks on ships.
• Amphora-shaped — Having the shape of an amphora; an anatomical structure or plant organ (such as certain types of fruits, pitcher plant urns, or microbial cells) characterized by an ovoid shape bulging in the middle, with a narrowed neck and a slightly flared rim.
• Amphoro- — A prefixoid or lexical combining form utilized in international scientific terminology to indicate a structural or formal relationship with an amphora (urn shape, narrow neck) or with amphoric-type acoustic resonance phenomena.
• Amphoriskos — A miniature ceramic vessel from antiquity, shaped like a small amphora with two fine handles, specifically used in ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period for storing precious perfume essences, fine ointments, or as a ritual object within funerary inventories.
• Amphora — A large fired ceramic vessel, characteristic of Greco-Roman antiquity, distinguished by an ovoid or spherical body, a narrow neck, a pointed or flat base, and two symmetrical vertical handles. This structural container was widely used for transporting and storing liquid foodstuffs, especially wine and olive oil, as well as grains, serving as an essential archaeological indicator for reconstructing maritime trade routes.