Talk:Amphora

message: Is there a source that can be cited to support this? I've heard from other sources that it is a Canaanite invention. Agne27 23:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Invented by Ancient Greeks?

message: Amphorae are at least used until the first half of the 13th
century AD. This information is based on several shipwrecks
and their amphora cargoes located in the Sea of Marmara
(Ancient Propontis). Actually, the kiln sites of these
Byzantine transport jars were also discovered at Ganos.
There is also a typology constructed by Nergis Gunsenin.
The amphorae are called Gunsenin Type 1 and so forth.
The 7th century information in the Amphora article should
therefore be corrected. Since the 7th century is linked
to another page giving information on 7th century itself,
I did not edit it myself - am a beginner.
Would anyone help?
For further information please see:
N. Gunsenin. "Ganos : Centre de Production d'Amphores à
l'Epoque Byzantine" Anatolia Antiqua  II, Paris (1993),
p. 193-201.
N. Gunsenin. "Byzantine Shipwrecks Discovered around the 
Marmara Islands (Prokonnessos): Points of Departure and 
Probable Destinations"VIth International Symposium on 
Ship Construction in Antiquity, Tropis VI (Athens), (2001), 
p. 221-222.
Ctevrin 14:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amphoras used until the 7th century! Not true! 

message: I frequently hear people ask about why amphorae have pointed bases.  (I'm a teacher, and kids are curious.)  This article explains that they were pointed so that they could stand up in soft sand or earth.  But why is that better than a flat bottom?  Is it technically harder to make a jar with a flat bottom?  Was the ancient lifestyle such that most people had sand or soft earth in their storage rooms?  I wonder if a knowledgeable contributor could add another sentence or two explaining this a bit further.  I suspect I'm not the only person who has read this article and wondered about that.  Thanks!  –Taranah 01:15, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume you mean transport amphorae, since most domestic amphorae did have feet (see Typology of Greek Vase Shapes). I've wondered about this myself, I believe examples have been found in graves and basements in Pompeii in exactly the half-buried upright position you describe. Why that shape? I doubt there's a definitive answer (as usual in archaeology), but consider this - shelves might not have been a universally available technology at the time. If a thing was to be carried from pottery, to vineyard, to port, to ship, to store it would have adapt to a variety of settings, and dirt floors and sand balast would be more likely than paved floors or stacking shelves. Twospoonfuls 12:47, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the previous posts. I read this article with the only purpose to find an answer to this question and I found a partial answer only in the discussion page. --Dia^ (talk) 07:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

text: The sand and the stacking, this is all speculation. Needs some research. The current picture from Bodrum castle shows one possibility.Dave (talk) 10:44, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pointed base 

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message: what was the use of it the use of it was the vase i cant belive that  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.244.234.227 (talk) 01:27, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  its great but somethings not 

message: A computerised algorithm has generated a version of this page using data obtained from AlgaeBase.  You may be able to incorporate elements into the current article. Alternatively, it may be appropriate to create a new page at Amphora (alga). Anybot (contact operator) 16:41, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Articles are about different subjects, so I've moved it to Amphora (alga). —Snigbrook 21:31, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot-generated content 

message: It's clutter.  Instead, much more about amphorae needs to be added.  Pictures would be nice.  Anyone live near the Met and have a camera?  Eventually, several more types should be depicted, for a really good article.  Their role in art and reconstruction of culture and history needs to be mentioned as well.   LeValley 08:24, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The pop culture section is unnecessary 

message: I'd like to see a reference that states when the plural form "amphoras" became acceptable. Boneyard90 (talk) 01:41, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You want a lot. Sounds like you might be trying to use us to do your research. I wasted a little time on it. Nada. The singular however goes all the way back to Middle English, where authors talk about the vase cleped amphora. This is of course a standard English produced plural, so anyone might use it at any time. I think your best bet is the Oxford unabridged. Luck.Dave (talk) 11:56, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plural form 

message: This article seems to have grown by tacking things on, resulting in a certain disunity. I noticed that the history section started using special terms, such as Dressel 1, etc. These matters are explained but not until the bottom. At the bottom, I noticed classification was under production. I don't see the connection and I think classification should be before history. So, I am making it so.Branigan 00:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Production and classification

message: This article has kvevri dating from about 6000 BCE, but the Kvevri page says 8000 BCE. --87.113.184.24 (talk) 13:27, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dating of kvevri 

message: I think it would be nice to add some details in this article about the different styles of artwork on amphorae and how the style gradually shifts overtime. Although this article mainly focuses on the actual shape and style of the amphora, I think it's equally as important to note the artwork on the outside of this style of pottery (eg. the Marine style artwork on classical Minoan amphorae). --Lhemmingson (talk) 01:46, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: We had enough on this, but rather bizarrely in a section called "utility". I have added a bit and made it easier to find. More could be added, but in general Greek vase painting is best treated as its own topic, as styles were used on a great variety of vase shapes. Johnbod (talk) 11:44, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Artwork on Amphorae 

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message: (Reading about it in an e-book about electro-active water. 
And from Aristoteles´ texts should be known, and this is the source last end, therefrom I do not name this e-book.) 
Aristoteles refers: greek seafarers scuttle amphoras down under the sealevel, the water pressure presses the water through the pores, without the salt of the salt-water.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Visionhelp (talk • contribs) 15:18, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aristoteles: Amphoras Used For Desalination