Re OT Amphorae (was: "Usefull languages")

Christophe Grandsire wrote:


>En réponse à Padraic Brown <agricola@...>:
>
>> Cool. An ancient one or a new one? And more importantly, is it
>> filled with wine? ;)
>
>Well, I'll ask him about the age, because I haven't the faintest idea how
old
>it is. It looks quite ancient, but at the same time well conserved.
>
>As for the wine, if there ever was wine in it, it has been drunk a long
time
>ago, and looking how the inside looks, I'd never put any drinkable liquid
in
>it :)) .

IIRC I've seen modern repro amphora-type pots at Pier 1 and that ilk (they
need a metal stand since they have a pointy bottom.)   If modern, yours
probably had a plant in it, hence the dirty residue.  If ancient, perhaps
pine tar-- ooooh, you could make your own retsina....... :-?