patera

Examples

• All

• A bronze patera served as an all-purpose cooking pot, cup, and food bowl.

• We've only mapped one so far, called Sacajawea Patera.

  Academic text (1991)

• We saw a patera on display at the museum, which illustrated the artistic style of the period.

• The large patera was believed to be used for offerings to the gods in ancient ceremonies.

Synonyms

D

dish

vspatera

329 1.0

A shallow round container used for holding or serving food

is more often ritual or geological rather than ordinary table use

C

crater

vspatera

109 3.2

A large bowl-shaped hole in the ground made by a meteor or volcano

is usually a manmade or small ritual vessel rather than a deep hole

P

plate

vspatera

26 6.7

A shallow dish passed around in church to collect money

is broader referring also to shallow ritual vessels or volcanic depressions

V

volcanic crater

vspatera

1 4.0

A bowl-shaped hollow at the top of a volcano

is also used for shallow ritual vessels as well as volcanic hollows

P

piscina

vspatera

• Specialized

1 9.9

A stone basin in a church for draining water used in ceremonies

is fixed for drainage, not a portable ritual bowl or volcanic hollow

P

paten

vspatera

• Archaic

9.9

A shallow dish used long ago for holding or serving food

is used both as a ritual shallow bowl and as a volcanic depression

K

krater

vspatera

• Specialized

9.9

A large ancient Greek bowl used to mix wine and water at parties

is similar but covers smaller ritual vessels and also volcanic hollows

B

batea

vspatera

• Philippine

9.9

A shallow wooden bowl for washing, kneading, or serving food

is similar but emphasizes traditional wooden construction and domestic use

P

pand

vspatera

• Archaic

9.9

A shallow open container like a bowl for holding or serving food

is more specific to ritual or volcanic senses rather than generic domestic use

How Deep

cauldron

27 4.8

basin

12 1.0

bowl

370 1.0

patera

• Specialized

9.9

saucer

22 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology