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‖ pithos Gr. Antiq.|ˈpɪθɒs|
Pl. pithoi.
[a. Gr. πίθος.]
A large wide-mouthed earthenware jar of spherical form, used for holding wine, oil, food, etc. Also attrib.
1879J. J. Young Ceram. Art 27 The pithos occupied by Diogenes was cracked and patched. 1925V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization ii. 32 From M.M. I to L.M. I clay jars (pithoi) were also used as receptacles for the corpse. 1949W. F. Albright Archæol. of Palestine vi. 118 In the first three phrases of Iron-Age Bethel the dominant vase was a large store-jar (pithos) with a very characteristic collared rim. 1955Sci. Amer. July 45/2 At one entrance to this building was a sunken ‘lustral area’, where visitors made formal ablutions on arrival; it was surrounded by tall ‘pithos’ jars for water. 1957V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) v. 72 In 1955 a cairn with pithos burials very like our round tombs was found in Messenia, but was M.H. in date. 1962[see Dædalic a.] 1972Y. Yadin Hazor ii. iv. 50 It seems that the room served as a store; this is further corroborated by eight pithoi found in it. The bases of the pithoi were stuck deep in the floor of the room. |