puntale
English translation: spike
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|  Selected response from: Françoise Vogel Local time: 04:32 | ||||||
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| 4 | stopper |
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| 3 +1 | spike |
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| 3 | foot |
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stopper Explanation: Have a look at this photo of an amphora puntale - it seems to be a stopper. See below for English refs: http://www.culturaitalia.it/opencms/museid/viewItem.jsp?lang... English: Sealed Amphora Stoppers and Tradesmen in Greco-Roman Egypt ... https://www.researchgate.net/.../240791711_Sealed_Amphora_..... Traduci questa pagina Official Full-Text Publication: Sealed Amphora Stoppers and Tradesmen in Greco-Roman Egypt on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists. British Museum - stopper / seal-impression / plug / amphora www.britishmuseum.org/.../collection_object_details.aspx?..... Traduci questa pagina Hard, white, lime-based plaster wine-amphora stopper with pottery disc plug still ... plaster stoppers was common in Egypt and North Africa during the Roman ... |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1spike Explanation: http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Rom... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-03-04 15:31:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- interesting comments: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290020524_The_origi... |
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foot Explanation: please check the drawing in Wikipédia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora this drawing shows that the pointed part of the amphora is called quite down to earth foot -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day1 hr (2017-03-05 15:41:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- the point is not the translation of puntale, but what is being called the lower end of an amphore in English. In French this part is called pilon (pounder) or pied (foot) - no hint to something pointed Something different, from the same wikipedia article Most were produced with a pointed base to allow upright storage by embedding in soft ground, such as sand. The base facilitated transport by ship, where the amphorae were packed upright or on their sides in as many as five staggered layers.[1 |
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