Loutrophoros, the Glossary
A loutrophoros (Ancient Greek: λουτροφόρος; Greek etymology: λουτρόν/loutron and φέρω/pherō, English translation: "bathwater" and "carry") is a distinctive type of Greek pottery vessel characterized by an elongated neck with two handles.[1]
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17 relations: Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices, Apulia, Athens, Baltimore Painter, English language, Greek language, Handle, Kerameikos, Lekythos, National Archaeological Museum (Madrid), National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Packaging, Panaetius, Pottery of ancient Greece, Relief, Stele.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
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Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices
Ancient Greek funerary practices are attested widely in literature, the archaeological record, and in ancient Greek art. Loutrophoros and ancient Greek funeral and burial practices are ancient Greek religion.
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Apulia
Apulia, also known by its Italian name Puglia, is a region of Italy, located in the southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south.
Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Baltimore Painter
The Baltimore Painter was an Apulian vase painter whose works date to the final quarter of the 4th century BC.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Handle
A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that allows it to be grasped and manipulated by hand.
Kerameikos
Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.
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Lekythos
A lekythos (λήκυθος;: lekythoi) is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil, especially olive oil. Loutrophoros and lekythos are ancient Greek pot shapes.
National Archaeological Museum (Madrid)
The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional; MAN) is a archaeology museum in Madrid, Spain.
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National Archaeological Museum, Athens
The National Archaeological Museum (translit) in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity.
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Packaging
Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.
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Panaetius
Panaetius (Panaítios; –) of Rhodes was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher.
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Pottery of ancient Greece
Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society.
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Relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
Stele
A stele,From Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai; the plural in English is sometimes stelai based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles.) or occasionally stela (stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loutrophoros
Also known as Loutrophoroi.