Chytra
Chytra and its fireplace in the Agora Museum in Athens
As Chytra in is classical archeology a form of ancient Greek pottery called.
The chytra was a pan-like cookware. Today it is no longer known exactly what it looked like or what kind of artifact it is. The shape is known from the written tradition of Athenaios . He uses it there analogously to the term kakkabe . Unlike this term, however, this term is also used in modern research. Here an approximately 20 centimeter high vase shape with a round body and one or two handles is called a chytra. The handles connect the shoulder and lip of the vessel. Chytras were used in cylindrical or barrel-shaped ovens.
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