Stamnus
στάμνος
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.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.