1. talent, the, 2. ingot, the
1. Numismatic weight measurement. A silver talent was equal to 60 mnai or 6000 drachmas.2. A block of metal that is cast in a standard shape for convenient storage or shipment.
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aedicula
Small pedimental naiskos, either a free-standing construction or integrated into a larger building's facade.
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amphora, the
from the greek words "αμφί"(on both sides) and "φέρω" (carry): vessel with long ovoid body and a considerably narrower neck made in various sizes from the smaller perfume oil container to the large storage receivers of liquids and solids. It stands on a small foot and it bears two invariable vertical handles on either side. Some of the distinguished types of the amphorae are these whose lower part is tapering to the point (narrow bottomed), the neck type, the Nicosthenian, the Nola, the Panathenaic, the Tyrrhenian, the SOS type.
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chora, the
The agricultural land (including villages and land-plots) belonging to a polis. It was bounded with the polis on an administrative and economic basis.
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emporion, the
Places where trade was conducted, usually small settlements of urban character on the borders or along the coasts and the commercial routes. With the same term are characterized the trade districts, the markets outside the walls of a city and/or settlements being themselves trade centers.
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rosette, the
An ornament with a generally circular combination of parts resembling a flower or plant.
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slag, the
The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore.
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