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comes from ancient Greece where people used a tall jar looking container with two opposed handles near the top mostly made of ceramic. Amphora literally means "two handled".
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30:(/ˈæmfərə/; Ancient Greek: ἀμφορεύς) was the unit of measurement of volume in the
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This article is about the unit of measurement. For other uses, see
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