A mortarium (pl. "mortaria") was one of a class of Ancient Roman pottery kitchen vessels. They are "hemispherical or conical bowls, commonly with heavy...
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Stelletta mortarium is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Ancorinidae. The species was first described by Julio Alberto Díaz and Paco Cárdenas...
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Middle English morter, from old French mortier, from classical Latin mortarium, meaning, among several other usages, "receptacle for pounding" and "product...
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mortadella is debated. One theory derives the name from the Latin word mortarium (mortar), traditionally used in pounding the meat to produce the sausage...
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CANMORE (RCAHMS): ID 54608 Roman coin Samian ware and one sherd of a mortarium, from the roman fortlet at Oxton, Berwickshire RCAHMS record: Oxton, General...
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closely linked with the spread of Roman culture and Roman cuisine: the mortarium. This was a robust shallow bowl with a thick, out-curved rim that made...
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Lecco, Moggio, and Vedeseta. The name Morterone derives from the Latin mortarium (pond) or murtus (myrtle). Since it lies on the eastern slope of Mount...
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mortar, plaster; bowl for mixing') in the late 13th century and Latin mortarium ('mortar'). Lime is a cement which is a binder or glue which holds things...
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metal ingots. One ship carried a full load of a kind of dish called a mortarium, in which foods were ground or mashed. Some of the recovered objects were...
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destruction layers contained Flavian-Trajanic samian-ware, part of a mortarium dating from 70–100 CE and part of a glass bowl which has been dated to...
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