Meaning of holmos | Babel Free

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An Ancient Greek or Etruscan vase with a rounded body, especially a closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal, or a drinking cup with a foot and stem.

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“The large vase of a globular form⟳ standing in the middle is an holmos or therikleios, «vase for perfumes.»”

“The same characteristics of the clay of the small holmoi apply⟳ to almost all the fine impasto pottery at 'Satricum' except for the globular ollae, which have⟳ a reddish slip⟳ and a yellowish brown or greyish brown clay core like⟳ the holmos.”

“We can then estimate⟳ the length of the portions that are lost–probably two holmoi and a short length of reed extrusion–by finding a length which, when added to the length between the top of the surviving part of the instrument and I, and that between the same point⟳ and II, will give⟳ two lengths which are in the ratio 4:3.”

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