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Amphora
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13375 vases
The quintessential Greek storage vessel — two handles, a narrow neck, and a broad body. Used for wine, olive oil, and grain. Panathenaic amphorae, filled with olive oil, were the prizes at Athens's greatest festival.
Function & Use
Storage and transport of wine, oil, and grain
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13375 examples
Exekias-Amphora (Attische Amphora)
600-575 v. Chr.
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to The Horse-Head Amphorae
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ca. 600 BCE
Amphora
BF
600–480 BCE
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
6th century BCE
Lid of a neck-amphora
BF
6th century BCE
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 joined fragments)
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
6th century B.C.
Terracotta Nicosthenic neck-amphora
BF
6th century BCE
Neck-amphora with lid
RF
6th–5th century BCE
Neck-amphora with lid
RF
6th–5th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
One Fragment from an Attic Black-Figure Belly Amphora.
BF
6th–5th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Fragment of a terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
6th century BCE
One Fragment from a Set of Fragments of an Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora.
BF
6th–5th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 joined fragments)
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 3 Joined Fragments)
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 8 Joined Fragments)
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
6th century B.C.
Terracotta fragmentary neck-amphora
Nikosthenes
·
6th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 19 Joined Fragments)
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Rim Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Belly Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 joined fragments)
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
6th century B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment (comprised of 5 Joined Fragments)
6th century B.C.
Two-handled jar (Tyrrhenian neck-amphora)
BF
the Timiades Painter
·
about 560 B.C.
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Group E
·
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Group E
·
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (EUBOEAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN 309, P OF
·
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (EAST GREEK, FIKELLURA)
-575 TO -525
Black-figure Panel Amphora: Siren and Rosette; Rooster with Lotus Buds
BF
c. 570 BCE
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
·
-575 TO -525
Neck-amphora, Tyrrhenian fragments
the Prometheus Painter
·
ca. 575–550 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
the Paris Painter
·
ca. 575–550 BCE
Fragment of a terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to the Prometheus Painter
·
ca. 575–560 BCE
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TIMIADES P
·
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
TYRRHENIAN GROUP
·
-575 TO -525
Attische Halsamphora
EXEKIAS
·
575-550 v. Chr.
Korinthische Bauchamphora
575-550 v. Chr.
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CompareGUGLIELMI P
·
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Manner ofEXEKIAS
·
-575 TO -525
Amphorenhenkel von F 1704, 2 Stück (Amphora, Attische, schwarzfigurige Amphora (der sog. Tyrrhenischen Gattung))
BF
575-550 v. Chr.
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
·
-575 TO -525
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PROMETHEUS P
·
-575 TO -525
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