Complex sentence: The Latin word "olla" or "aulla" (also "aula") meant a very similar type of pot in Ancient Roman pottery, used for for cooking and storage as well as as a funerary urn to hold the ashes from cremation of bodies.
Split into simpler sentences: The Latin word "olla" or "aulla" (also "aula") was a type of pot used by the ancient Romans for cooking and storage. It was used as a funerary urn to hold the ashes from cremation of bodies.