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PATERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATERA  , the Latin name for a shallow circular

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vessel used for drinking or for pouring libations . The
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Greek name for such a vessel was 4cakr/ . It has no
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foot or
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stem underneath, but occasionally a
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boss rising in the centre inside . The
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term is sometimes given incorrectly in
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architecture to a circular disk carved with a conventional
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rose, which is found in many
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early styles, the proper term being rosette .

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