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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 See also:

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

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