stamnus

STAMNUS(στάμνος, σταμνίον), an earthenware jar, often with red figures, used to hold wine or oil (Aristoph. Lys. 196, cf. Ran. 42; Athen. xi. p, 499 e). The word is still so used in Greece. It is sufficiently described by Dennis as a high-shouldered, short-necked plethoric vase with two small handles. The same writer gives also an Apulian stamnos, a small and later variety with a lid, probably intended to hold honey or sweetmeats.