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Amphora

A tall, ceramic jar with two handles and a narrow neck and foot. Represents an amphora, as used by ancient Greeks and Romans to hold water and wine.

Generally depicted as brownish-red earthenware ornamented with black and a Greek meander pattern.

May represent containers like vases, pottery, museums, history, and antiquity. May also be used in relation to the zodiac sign of Aquarius, the Water-Bearer.

Not to be confused with ⚱️ Funeral Urn.

Amphora was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

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