askos

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Institut libre Marie Haps, 1986

  Définition

  A small pottery vessel, ranging in size from 3 inches to 8 inches, used in ancient Greece for pouring oil into lamps.

  Notes :

  It is in the form of a low bowl or jug with an overhead arched handle, at one end of which is a spout.
  
  It was so-called from the fact that some examples were said to have been made in the shape of a wine skin or leather bottle; a few are in the form of an animal, or bird.

  Termes :

  1. askos
  2. askoid vase
  3. askoi

  [askoi] Au pluriel.