PSEUDAMPHORA


Meaning of PSEUDAMPHORA in English

/sooh dam"feuhr euh/ , n. , pl. pseudamphorae /-feuh 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 .

[ PSEUD- + AMPHORA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .