Amphora

An amphora is a type of storage and transport jar with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly against each other in storage rooms and... Wikipedia

• Material:  Ceramic, a small minority in metal, rare instances in stone or glass
• Size:  Small-volume container varying from table-top size to half the height of a human, able to be carried by one or more people.
• Writing:  Sometimes inscribed with an identifying mark, or, in the case of painted ware, the signature of the potter or artist and the names of the characters depicted in the scene.
• Created:  Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages
• Discovered:  The shards are ubiquitous in many types of ancient and medieval Mediterranean archaeological contexts. The vessels were used primarily to transport wine, which was drunk by all known peoples over Eurasia from at least the Neolithic.
• Present location:  Circum-Mediterranean, Black Sea, Eurasia from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo