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stirrup jar

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stirrup jar

–noun
pseudamphora.
Also called stirrup vase.


Origin:
1900–05

pseud⋅am⋅pho⋅ra

[soo-dam-fer-uh]
–noun, plural -pho⋅rae [-fuh-ree] .
a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
Also called stirrup jar, stirrup vase.


Origin:
pseud- + amphora
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