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Pithos

Pithos (/ˈpɪθɒs/, Ancient Greek: πίθος, plural: pithoi πίθοι) is the Greek name of a large storage container. The term in English is applied to such containers used among the civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the succeeding Iron Age. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids and grains…

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Created
Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Discovered
Most frequently at large administrative centers
Material
Ceramic
Present location
Circum-Mediterranean
Size
Approximately the size of a human, some larger, some smaller.
Writing
Sometimes inscribed with an identifying mark.

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Pithos

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples79
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
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related to Etymology · 18
Pithos → At, Contemporaneously, English, Greece, Greek, Homer, If, Iron Age, Julius Pokorny, Latin, Linear, Mycenaean, On, Pokorny's, Proto-Indo-European, Regardless, The, There
related to Shipping · 16
Pithos → Assuming, Bronze Age, Empty, Equipment, Fragments, However, In, Including, KW, Late Bronze Age, Lin, Not, Pithos KW, The, This, Uluburun
related to External links · 13
Pithos → Archaeological, Archived, BBC, Crete, Historical Research, Pavlopetri, PDF, Pottery Shapes, Retrieved, The, The Texas Foundation, Two, YouTube
related to Storage · 12
Pithos → At, Chadwick, Dry, John Younger, LM, Moreover, On, The, Vase, Ventris, Younger, ZA Zb
related to General and cited references · 7
Pithos → Athens, British School, Cameiros, JL, Pithos-fragments, Stokes, The Annual
Created · 1
Pithos → Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Discovered · 1
Pithos → Most frequently at large administrative centers
Material · 1
Pithos → Ceramic
Present location · 1
Pithos → Circum-Mediterranean
Size · 1
Pithos → Approximately the size of a human, some larger, some smaller.

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pithoi used storage large liters age would bronze knossos greek pottery smaller crete types weight capacity height mycenaean jar shipping

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PithosCreatedNeolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age1.00infobox
PithosDiscoveredMost frequently at large administrative centers1.00infobox
PithosMaterialCeramic1.00infobox
PithosPresent locationCircum-Mediterranean1.00infobox
PithosSizeApproximately the size of a human, some larger, some smaller.1.00infobox
PithosWritingSometimes inscribed with an identifying mark.1.00infobox
Pithosis aforeign loan0.90text
1430.5 litersinstance ofhe obtained volumes0.80text
1377.5 litersinstance ofhe obtained volumes0.80text
1334.7 litersinstance ofhe obtained volumes0.80text
and so oninstance ofhe obtained volumes0.80text
with full weights in excess of two tonsinstance ofhe obtained volumes0.80text

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