Amphora Emoji
What does the Amphora emoji mean?
This tall, dark-brown ceramic jar features a handle on each side, a distinct neck and a narrow foot. Vessels like this were commonly used by ancient Greeks and Romans to store and pour a variety of liquids.
An amphora is a ceramic container for storing liquids, with two side handles and a neck that narrows at the top. Amphorae come in many sizes. Such a vessel was commonly used by the ancient Greeks, and today you can often see them on display in museums.
Resembling a large vase, it’s made from clay and is typically decorated with painted patterns or ornamental motifs. This emoji is frequently used in messages to refer to the cultural heritage of various nationalities.
Also Known As
- 🏺 Jar
- 🏺 Vase
Apple Name
- 🏺 Amphora
Unicode Name
- 🏺 Amphora
How does this emoji look on different platforms?
Download the Amphora emoji
Vector file from the Noto Emoji set by Google, licence CC BY 4.0.
🏺 Emoji Codes
Codepoints
U+1F3FA
Shortcodes
- works in Github, Slack, Emojipedia, Discord
For developers
| URL escape code | %F0%9F%8F%BA |
| Punycode | xn--ln8h |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 8F BA |
| JavaScript, JSON, Java | \uD83C\uDFFA |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001f3fa |
| CSS | \01F3FA |
| PHP, Ruby | \u{1F3FA} |
| Perl | \x{1F3FA} |
| HTML hex | 🏺 |
| HTML dec | 🏺 |
Tags: amphora, Aquariu, cooking, drink, jug, zodiac, Aquarius, tool, weapon
Category: Food & Drink
Subgroup: Tableware & utensils