potsherd

potsherd englannista suomeksi

1. ruukunsirpale, ruukunkappale

0. Substantiivi

1. ruukunsirpale

potsherd englanniksi

1. A piece of ceramic from pottery, often found on an archaeological site.

(synonyms)

2. (quote-book)|chapter=Verse 2|title=An Explication of the Hvndreth and Tenth Psalme:(nb...)|location=London|publisher=Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostocke,(nb...)|year=1632|page=149|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0E7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA149|oclc=19880643|passage=Who can deny but that the rod of Gods mouth is indeed ''Virga virtutis, a rod of strength'', an iron rod, able to deale with all humane reaſonings, as a hammer with a potſherd, which though to the hand of a man it may feele as hard as a rocke, yet is too brittle to endure the blow of an iron rod?

3. (quote-book)|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Printed by Mr. James McEuen and Company,(nb...)|year=1720|editor2=Michael Boston|title2=Human Nature in Its Fourfold State,(nb...)|edition2=new|location2=Falkirk, Stirlingshire|publisher2=Printed and sold by Patrick Mair|year2=1784|section2=head I (The Sinfulness of Man’s Natural State)|page2=85|pageurl2=https://archive.org/details/humannatureinits02bost/page/85|oclc2=745149065|passage=''(biblical figure)|Job'' took a potſherd to ſcrape himself, becauſe his hands were as full of boils as his body: This is the caſe of thy corrupt ſoul: not to be recovered but by Jeſus Chriſ, whoſe ſtrength was dried up like a potſherd, Pſalms xxii. 15.

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5. (quote-book), who made excavations on Vao Island found prehistoric potsherds at a depth of 10 inches, and on the surface of the ground also.

6. (quote-book) While it remains a single potshard marked in ink, it is a powerful symbol of what motivates archaeologists in the field: a simple object that signifies an entire historical event.