amphora, pitcher, two handled earthenware jar; a capacity of ~30 liters
Latin word, found 65 times in the texts on Socratos.
Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.183: … is. recita mihi, quaeso, hunc primum libellum, deinde illum alterum. libelli Canveliani. non quaero unde cccc amphoras mellis habueris, unde tantum Melitensium, unde L tricliniorum lectos, unde tot candelabra; non, inquam, iam q …
Horace, Carmina 1.36.11: neu promptae modus amphorae
Horace, Epodi 2.15: aut pressa puris mella condit amphoris
All forms of amphora