Quartaro
English translation: amphor potter/maker
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amphor potter/maker Explanation: http://www3.istat.it/strumenti/definizioni/professioni/nup/n... è compreso nell'elenco dei vasai e tarracottari lo trovi anche comq quartararo qui trovi la spiegazione: http://www.valdinoto.com/caltagirone.htm Ai cannatari (da cannate, i boccali), come erano generalmente chiamati gli artigiani della ceramica, si aggiungono i quartari (da quartare, anfore che derivano il nome dalla loro capacità, corrispondente a 12,5 litri, un quarto di un barile). A roman amphora or "amphora quadrantal" was a unit for measuring liquid volumes in the Roman Empire. This unit was about 27.18 liters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora_(unit) Quartara: recipiente di terracotta a forma di anfora; http://www.trapanisiannu.it/anticosistemametricosiculo.pdf |
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