Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. dolia (-ä). In Roman antiquity, a very large jar or vase of rough pottery, usually of approximately spherical form, used, like a cask at the present day, to contain wine, oil, and other liquids, as well as grain and other dry commodities. It was more anciently called
calpar , and is equivalent to the Greek pithos. - noun [capitalized] The typical genus of gastropods of the family Doliidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.
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- noun history, archaeology A large
earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods in the ancient Western Mediterranean.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Inside the dolium was a bronze cinerary urn containing the burnt bones wrapped in a linen cloth; silver items including a bowl and dragon fibula (garment pin); and small objects of ivory and amber.
Dig Like a Surgeon 1999
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Outside the dolium were a banquet service consisting of a small bronze and iron table, ribbed bronze phialai (libation bowls), and other vessels; an ax, lance, helmet, and scepter; and the iron fittings of a two-wheeled chariot.
Dig Like a Surgeon 1999
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Within the chest was a large terra-cotta vessel known as a dolium, covered with an embossed bronze shield.
Dig Like a Surgeon 1999
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But Geoffrey had received a letter just three days later promising onlytwentypounds and unum dolium vini which did not do him any good as wine was increasingly prone to provoking his rheumatism.
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Two ceramic oil lamps and one dolium (large terra-cotta container) were also found.
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Except for one dolium, the vessels were broken, but most seem to be completely restorable.
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Its lower levels contained a large amount of finds, including a very large dolium (large terra-cotta container) sherd.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - N-S Colonnaded Street Report 3 2003
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It consists of a dolium, which could have been used as a kind of refuse bin.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Subsistence Studies Report 3 2003
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We finished clearing room 2, adding one more dolium to the seven unearthed last week, as well as an abundant ensemble of ceramics, glass, and metal.
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As could be expected fragments related to potters 'activity (kiln spacers, ceramic slag, dolium fragments, miscasts, etc.) were a bit omnipresent in the area in low numbers.
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