There were jewels and coins, candelabra for unavailing light, and wine hardened in the amphorae for a prolongation of agonized life.
"The Last Days of Pompeii"
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
amphorae hung from the ceiling, and a litter of curiosities strewed the rich red Turkey carpet.
"The Green Flag"
Arthur Conan Doyle
The statues of the gods, the gold and silver, the turquoise and lapis lazuli, the vases, censers, jars, goblets, amphorae, the stores of ivory, ebony, cinnamon, frankincense, fine linen, crystal, jasper, alabaster, embroidery, with which the piety of kings had enriched the temples-especially the Great Temple of Phthah-during fifteen or twenty centuries, were ruthlessly carried off by the conquerors, who destined them either for the adornment of the Ninevite shrines or for their own private advantage.
"Ancient Egypt"
George Rawlinson Other: Arthur Gilman