Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 306
t be stated with accuracy; they wereknown at the time of Aristophanes. Theywere made of terra-cotta or metal, and their construction re-sembles thoseused by theRomans. Theyare mostlyclosed semi-globes with twoopenings, one,in the centre,to pour the oil in, the other in the nose-shaped prolongation…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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