What is the name of a huge clay vessel for storing food? Calpida and Oinochoia.

The ancient Greeks treated dishes with trepidation. She was almost sacred to them. Each dish from the rich number of vessels produced at that time corresponded to the various preferences of the inhabitants of Ancient Greece. Below will be given as an example 20 main types of vessels that were used everywhere on the territory of the then existing state.

1. Kilik. This type of vessel was made of both ceramic materials and metal. It was used mainly for drinking. The shape of the dishes is open, the appearance is a flat bowl on a leg. The leg is small, thin, sometimes elongated. Kiliks had two handles.

2. Crater. This vessel was produced with a wide neck. The crockery was big enough. Craters were used to mix varieties of ancient Greek strong wines and water. Like the kiliks, they had two handles located on the sides.

3. Hydria. Ceramics were required to produce this type of vessel. Sometimes it was possible to meet hydria made of metal. Such dishes in shape resembled a wide vessel with the same wide neck. Hydrias had two handles arranged horizontally (there were hydrias with one handle, but with a vertical arrangement). The handles of the hydria are located between the rim and shoulders. Some kind of painting was often applied to the surface of such a vessel. The hydria container was filled with a variety of drinks.

4. Psykter. This vessel gives out a high cylindrical leg. Due to this design, the psykter could easily be installed inside other dishes. Its container was filled with cold water or ice. The psykter was used as a kind of cooler for drinks.

5. Calpida. We can say that this is a kind of water jug. Often, the calpida became an urn, that is, a vessel inside which the ashes of the dead were preserved for a long time.

6. Oinohoya. The original form of this jug, made with a spout, made it possible to fill the vessel with various liquids, mainly wine. Three spouts, provided near the neck, helped to fill the container of glasses and cups very quickly.

7. Amphora. This vessel is oval in shape. For the convenience of holding the dishes, she had two handles. Both wine and oil were stored in amphorae. By analogy with the calpida, they saved the ashes of the dead. The amphora was also used as a vessel for voting. Its volume is 26.3 liters, which allowed the ancient Greeks and Romans to measure the amount of liquid. The amphora was made of metals: bronze and silver, there were wood and glass.

8. Pelik. Vessel, the expansion of the form of which can be traced from top to bottom. Along the edges are two vertical handles. Small volumes of both loose and liquid substances were stored in pelikas.

9. Panathenaic amphora. As the name suggests, it was made in Athens. The first mention of this type of vessel dates back to 566 BC. These amphoras are black-figure, special, often decorated with stereotypical painting. Their container was filled with oil, after which the amphora was awarded to the winner of the Panathenaic competitions as a very valuable prize. By the way, this is where the custom of awarding athletes with cups came from.

10. Lutrofor. This type of ancient Greek vessel had a high body. Along with this, he had a narrow neck, however, very long. A wide whisk and two handles adorned the appearance of the lutrophor. The wedding ritual involved washing the bride with water taken from the dishes. At the same time, along with the death of the bride, the lutrophor was placed in the grave of the deceased. A little later, almost all graves were decorated with such a vessel.

11. Stamnos. It has a short neck with a very wide opening. Along the edges of the vessel were two horizontal handles. Wine was kept in stamnos.

12. Aryballos. A small vessel that helped gymnasts store oil in it. It was worn on a belt in a pouch. Also, the container of the aryball was used to fill it with perfume ointments.

13. Alabaster. It has an oblong shape with rounded ends at the bottom of the vessel. A flat neck and a special eye, which served as the basis for hanging dishes, become its main features. Alabaster was made from alabaster. The surface of the vessel was decorated with ornaments. Also, alabaster was made from fired clay, glass and metal. Like aryball, it can be used to contain aromatic ointments in them.

14. Pyxida. Round or oval container. Jewelry was kept inside. Also, the capacity of pixida made it possible to store all kinds of ointments and spices in it. It was made of wood and gold, or ivory.

15. Lekythos. They kept oil in it. As the appearance improved, the lekythos changed from a cone-shaped vessel to a cylinder-shaped vessel. There is a vertical handle on one side. Lekythos is notable for its narrow neck. It was used in the process of carrying out the funeral ritual.

16. Skyphos. Used for drinking. The shape is a bowl. There are two horizontal handles. Volume - 0.27 l. The ancient Greeks and Romans used the skyphos to measure the amount of liquid.

17. Kiaf. A kind of scoop, which has a long handle, which has a curved shape. The vessel is presented in the form of a bowl, it is installed on a flat surface due to the legs. Volume - 0.045 l. The ancient Greeks used it to measure the amount of liquid or bulk substance.

18. Kanfar. It has two arms and one tall leg. The shape of the vessel is a goblet. Used for drinking. The ancient Greeks considered kantharos to be an attribute of the god Dionysus.

19. Riton. It was made of ceramic materials or metal. The shape is funnel-shaped, the neck is outlined, there is a handle. Quite often rhyton was made in the form of the head of an animal, a bird or a person.

20. Dinos. Wine was mixed in this vessel. A kind of large jug. In addition, it was decorated together with a skillfully made stand.

The article is based on the material "Ancient archeology", author I.T.Kruglikova.

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Vessel of oblong shape, rounded downwards, with a flat neck and an eye, by which it was hung up for storage. It was often made from painted alabaster, fired clay, glass or metal. As a rule, it was used to store perfume ointments.

Amphora

An oval vessel with two handles for storing oil and wine, sometimes used as a burial or voting urn. The volume of the amphora (26.3 l) was used by the Romans to measure liquids. Sometimes it was made of bronze, silver, wood or glass.

ariballos

A small spherical or pear-shaped vessel, often with artistic painting. It was used to store perfumery and ritual ointments.

Askos

A small flat ritual vessel with a tubular neck and a hollow handle attached to it; often decorated with figurative painting.

Balakir

Pitcher, krinka, gorlan, pot for milk.

Dish

A large flat bowl, a kind of large plate, round or oblong, usually with wide rims and sometimes with a lid.

Bo

An ancient Chinese cup with a wide mouth and a rounded or flat bottom is usually decorated with a geometric ornament representing a stylization of fish drawings.

Bratina, brother, brother (according to V.I. Dahl) - a vessel in which they carried drinks, beer to the whole brethren and poured them into cups and glasses; copper half-bucket valley or wooden, with collapse and toe;
large wooden cup.

Bottle

A narrow-mouthed glass or earthen vessel in which grape wines are kept and served; in appearance and capacity, they distinguish: table or simple bottles; Rhine, Champagne, Madeira, round or blown, for sweet wines;
porter, with a steep shoulder, etc. A flat bottle is called a flask.

Bottle

Large, round, glass or earthen vessel, narrow-mouthed, holding half a pail, a pail, or more.

Vase

(according to V.I. Dahl) - a vessel of an ancient or other elegant image, resembling a jug with an intercept, most often with a bell up,
to decorate rooms and buildings.

A ceramic (sometimes metal) vessel with two horizontal and one vertical handle between the rim and gently sloping shoulders, which smoothly transfer the body of the vessel into its neck. Often the painting was applied only to the handles. Used to pour drinks during feasts.

Gleck

Glek, glechek - krinka, small throat.

Gorlan (according to Dahl) - a kuban or a krinka, a balakir, a jug without a spout and a handle, a narrow-necked pot for milk, a tall pot with a crease. It was used as a kitchen utensil and as a vessel for storing loose and liquid substances.

Paten

(according to Dahl) - a church saucer with a tray, on which a lamb taken out of prosphora is placed. It was supposed to place a veil on the diskos - a disk cover.

endova

(according to Dahl) - a wide vessel with an ebb or toe, for pouring drinks; copper vessel in the form of cast iron, with a stigma.

An ancient Greek drinking vessel in the shape of a goblet with two handles, mostly on a high leg. It was considered an attribute of the god Dionysus.

Vessel in the form of a bowl with one long curved handle, on
leg or without. Used as a ladle during feasts and
as a measure of liquids and loose bodies (about 0.045 l).

Ceramic or metal vessel for drinking in the form of an open flat bowl on a leg (squat or thin, elongated) with two handles.

Vessel with wide mouth, capacious body and two handles; for mixing strong wine with water.

Krinka, krinochka, (according to Dahl) small gorlach, balakir, glock, glechik, narrow tall milk pot with a bell; they keep yogurt in krinkas, milk in beetroots.

Cuban

Kuban (according to Dahl) - a large krinka, balakir, gorlanchik, gorlach.

Kubatka

the same as the throat.

Jug

A jug (according to V.I. Dahl) - an earthenware, glass or metal vessel, relatively tall, barrel-shaped, with a bulge under the throat, with a handle and a toe, sometimes with a lid; urn, vase.

Kumka

Kumka (according to Dahl) - a tea cup (by itself, without a saucer); rinsing cup.

Lebes

Lebes (Greek cauldron) - a large bowl-shaped vessel on a tripod or stand. Used mainly for washing and cooking
food). A wedding swan with long handles played the role of a flower vase.

Lekythos is an ancient Greek vessel for oil. Initially it was made cone-shaped, then cylindrical with a vertical handle, a narrow neck, turning into a bell and was used in the funeral ceremonial. Marble lekythos of large sizes, decorated with rich ornaments, were placed in burial places.

Lutrofor - a vessel with a high body, a long narrow neck,
wide whisk and two handles. According to the wedding ritual, water was brought in it for the washing of the bride. If the bride died before the wedding, the lutrophor was placed in her grave. Later this vessel became traditional
decoration of any graves.

misa

Misa, bowl, bowl (according to Dahl) - bowl, cup; dishes in which cabbage soup, stew are served; bowl to the samovar, kumka, tray under the bowl, on the table.

Misnik

Misnik (according to Dahl) - - a delivery man, a vessel, shelves or a cupboard for dishes.

Oinochoa

Oinochoe - a jug with a spout of the original form, used for pouring liquids at feasts, usually wine. The process was accelerated by three drains on the neck, which made it possible to fill three bowls at once.

Okrin

Okrin (according to Dahl) - a church vessel, a bowl; jug, gourlach; vase.

Patera

A patera is a deep or flat bowl used for drinking in sacrificial ritual.

A pelika is a vessel expanding downwards with two vertical handles. It was used mainly for storing small volumes of loose and liquid substances.

Pyxida (Greek boxwood) - a round or oval box for jewelry, ointments or spices. Originally made of wood, ivory or gold, the ancient Christians used it as a ritual vessel for the host, an expiatory sacrifice.

Pin - - an ancient Japanese bottle with a rounded neck

Tableware

Crockery (according to V.I. Dahl) - household, everyday vessel, vessel, household utensils, especially dining room utensils; in general, they keep, cook and serve grub, food: kitchen and dining utensils.

A psykter is a vessel on a high cylindrical leg, which allowed the psykter to be placed in another vessel filled with cold water or ice. Used to cool drinks.

Rhyton

Rhyton (Greek drinking horn) - - a ceramic or metal vessel in ancient Greece, funnel-shaped with an outlined neck and handle. Often made in the form of an animal or human head, it was used either at feasts or in sacred rituals.

Skyphos (or kotila) is a bowl-shaped drinking vessel with two horizontal handles. Roman was sometimes used
lanami as a measure of liquid (0.27 l).

Vessel

Vessel (according to Dahl) - - dishes, dishes, holding utensils, any capacious thing, any projectile, product, for holding, storing something,
especially liquids. Anything that contains or carries something. The vessel is wooden, poor, earthenware or copper. Church vessels, chalice or chalice and paten.

Stamnos - a vessel with a short neck and a wide opening, often equipped with two horizontal handles and used to store wine. Initially it was round and convex, with time it became more and more oval and flat.

Foot

Stop, konob - a mug, a large glass that goes around in a circle.

Plate

A plate (according to Dahl - tarel old, tale (and) rka) tableware on which they eat. The peasants have a wooden mug on which they crumble
meat.

Urn

Urn - ancient Roman vessels for collecting and burying the ashes of the deceased. For especially noble burials, facial and figurines were made -
urns, household caskets for ashes. Often a finely crafted urn was placed in a more roughly crafted one.