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Olla (Roman pot)

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of the Arvals. Their rudimentary technique suggests the great antiquity of the religious traditions associated with them. After conducting their rites, the Arval priests opened the door to the temple, and cast the
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shifted function to hold cremated remains for entombment, a practice of Etruscan as well as Italic burials. The remains of those of modest means might be contained in earthenware
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had a flat bottom for resting on a hot surface, though it might also be placed directly on logs or coals in rustic cookery. The kitchen reconstructed at the
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is a generic word for a cooking pot, such as would be used for vegetables, porridge, pulse and such. The 1st-century BC scholar
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that manifested divine displeasure: the official presiding over the sacrifice himself poured the cooking liquid out of the
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in order to inspect the remaining entrails, which were intact except for the mysteriously liquified liver.
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the derivation may be incorrect, it indicates that cookery was considered essential to the pot's function.
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is a vessel distinguished by its rounded "belly", typically with no or small handles or at times with
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with the sides flattened out more broadly. It was a word of ordinary usage, and does not appear in
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of varying shapes in a reconstruction of a Roman kitchen; top shelf, and on the rack over the fire
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and boiled, or in oldest times on a spit and roasted, as part of the "cuisine" of sacrifice. The
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and cooked. Examples of these earthenware pots have been uncovered by archaeologists in the
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W.J. Gill and Rosalyn Gee, "Museum Supplement: Classical Antiquities in Swansea",
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was the most characteristic means of disposing of a body among the Romans.
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was one of the characteristic implements of sacrifice, and appears in
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gives an "absurd" etymology that derives the word for vegetables,
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at the lip, and made within a Roman sphere of influence; the term
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would be used primarily to cook or store food, hence the word "
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The Cultural Development in Northwestern Lucania c. 600–274 BC
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of the victims used in their sacrifices were placed in an
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were used for funerary purposes from earliest times. In
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or cauldron, which hung over the fire from chains, the
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The Cult of Silvanus: A Study in Roman Folk Religion
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Olla (pottery)

Gallo-Roman
Sucellus
ancient Roman culture
Latin
Greek
olla
Romance languages
dish
cuisine
typology
ancient Roman pottery
volutes
Etruscan
Gallic
Greek pottery
Italian
ancient Roman religion
cinerary urns
Gallo-Roman art
culture
Sucellus

Varro
linguistics
Isidore of Seville
patera
literary works
Vergil

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