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Decorative disk
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patera
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In the material culture of classical antiquity , a phiale or patera is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation ( omphalos , "bellybutton") in the center underside to facilitate holding it, in which case it is sometimes ...
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n. 1 A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation. 2 (context architecture English) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
Usage examples of patera.
All stations and teams between Alba Patera in the north and Gordii Dorsum in the south are advised to take emergency precautions.
Once they passed a new Amex mining station manned mostly by Americans, perched on one of the rare big veins of mafic rock rich in platinoids, in Tantalus Fossae near Alba Patera.
Etrurian patera, and the cover of a copper pot no other than the shield of Ancus Martius.
Then of course the mysteries of Isis, Mithra, Morpheus, Samothrace, and Eleusis, and the natural mysteries of the male sex, phallus, Wood of Life, Key of Science, Baphomet, mallet, then the natural mysteries of the female sex, Ceres, Cteis, Patera, Cybele, Astarte.
I also permit you, Patera, to go into the cenoby to fetch a sibyl's habit.
Surrounding Hellas were a number of ancient volcanoes, which just postdated the impact, including Australis Tho-lus to the southwest, Amphitrites Patera to the south, and Hadriaca Patera and Tyrrhene Patera to the northeast.
Surrounding Hellas were a number of ancient volcanoes, which just postdated the impact, including Australis Tholus to the southwest, Amphitrites Patera to the south, and Hadriaca Patera and Tyrrhena Patera to the northeast.