01-23-2004, 01:39 PM
Outside ancient Rome there is a big hill called Mount Testaccio. It is exclusively made of amphora sherds!<br>
Amphorae where mainly intended for sea transport. Once in land, they were fragile and cumbersome and their contents were transvased to other recipients, like skins or barrels.<br>
Other use for empty amphorae was as coffins for poor children oreven adults (for example, you cut away neck and shoulders of two long and broad oil amphorae and, assembling together the remaiders, you have a cheap pottery coffin) That is mainly seen at seaports.<br>
Of course, some amphorae travelled to the inner lands, maybe they contained specially valuable contents...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
Amphorae where mainly intended for sea transport. Once in land, they were fragile and cumbersome and their contents were transvased to other recipients, like skins or barrels.<br>
Other use for empty amphorae was as coffins for poor children oreven adults (for example, you cut away neck and shoulders of two long and broad oil amphorae and, assembling together the remaiders, you have a cheap pottery coffin) That is mainly seen at seaports.<br>
Of course, some amphorae travelled to the inner lands, maybe they contained specially valuable contents...<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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