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Inspired by Greek amphora, which typically have a narrow or pointed bottom and an elongated shape designed to fit in tight clusters for shipping and storage. These container forms appear as early as the Neolithic period and were were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine, hence the namesake Dionysus, the Olympian god of wine, pleasure, festivity, and wild frenzy.