dolium

Much of what modern scholars know about the dolium comes from ancient Latin literature.

The dolium had no neck or handles and, in many cases, could measure up to six feet in height.

Unlike the amphora, the dolium was not regarded as an accessory and sold along with the wine that it contained.

The dolium was placed in a stone-lined pozzo (hole) and commemorated above-ground.

It was built with theme of a Viking settlement and includes a Roman Dolium by the entrance.

Fermentation took place in the dolium, lasting from two weeks to a month before the wine was removed and put in amphoras for storage.

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Dolium's unusual, fruity 2002 sauvignon blanc had enticing hints of mangoes and citrus in its bouquet.

A dolium (plural: dolia) is a large earthenware vase or container used in ancient Roman times for storage or transportation of goods.

Cremation burials consist of a hut-urn with ashes of the deceased placed in a dolium (large jar) with some other vessels used for food offerings.

Though many modern authors make the mistake of translating a dolium as a wooden barrel, it was actually a very large jug or container made of fired clay.

Because these sources deal with rural matters of the time, they also give scholars an insight into the life and culture of ancient Rome in addition to specific information about use of the dolium.

The rupture of a full dolium would have caused almost two tons of wine to pour rapidly into the hold, which could have resulted in a sudden destabilization and capsizing of the vessel.

In 1980-81 excavations uncovered walls in opus incertum, columns, anfora, herringbone floors in opus spicatum and seven dolium (large earthenware containers) which would be typical of a country villa.

The northern group (25 tombs) covered the mouth of the burial jar (dolium) with a travertine slab, made ovicaprine food offerings, left serpentine fibulae, razors of quadrangular shape and spearheads with sockets for wooden handles.

Pseudomenopon pilosum was found on 40 (85%) of 47 coots of undetermined ages from Alberta and Pseudomenopon dolium (Rudow) was found on all of 5 juvenile red-necked grebes also from Alberta.

The grounds of the estate, planned by noted landscape architect Ernest Bowditch, feature a pair of 90-foot, century-old beech trees and a large dolium near the main entrance that was excavated from an Italian garden and dates to 200 B.C.

At Dolium, the genial Mario Giadorou, an Italian engineer-turned-winemaker, guided me through his small bodega, which is remarkable for its modern Italian architectural style, as well as for the fact that it produces some terrific white wines, not generally considered a specialty of the region.

At the villa's building site there was a bubbling aqueduct (or Volla) that carried the waters of the Sarno with connected underground pipelines, and which was connected to the Piscina Mirabilis reservoir then called Dogliuolo, from the Latin Doliolum or Dolium (bath).

Among the many pieces on display one may find: the Benacci askos, a very rare vase typology used to contain the oil for the lanterns and the "closet of Saint Frances" i.e. the deposit of a foundry made of a big vase (dolium) containing more than 14,000 bronze pieces.