كتف إناء

English translation: shoulder

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Arabic term or phrase:	كتف إناء
English translation:	shoulder
Entered by:	Morgane Boëdec

09:37 Mar 23, 2003

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary

Arabic term or phrase: كتف إناء

It's me and my ornamented objects again! Jars/Vases have bodies and necks, but do they also have shoulders??

Morgane Boëdec KudoZ activity Questions: 29 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 98
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shoulders

Explanation:
Take a look at the following:

http://www.goldbergcoins.net/catalogarchive/20020602/chap210...

"Blown from a pale green glass, this bottle has a broad, flat rolled down rim, short cylinder neck, and cylinder body with fairly straight vertical sides and sharply rounded shoulders. The bottom is slightly indented. Intact and perfect, with beautiful bright metallic to transparent iridescescence of light and dark green, copper, gold, silver and deep blue-green."

Selected response from:

Fuad Yahya

Grading comment

Thanks! You make things sound so easy!!
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shoulders

Fuad Yahya

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shoulders

Fuad Yahya
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Thanks! You make things sound so easy!!

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