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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
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
the Paris Painter
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ca. 575–550 BCE
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LOUVRE F 6, P OF
·
-575 TO -525
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Painter of London B 76
·
ca. 570–560 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Ptoon Painter
·
ca. 570–560 BCE
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Two Warriors; Man Between Two Sphinxes
BF
The Painter of Vatican 309
·
c. 570-550 BCE
Euboean Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
about 570–560 B.C.
Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
about 570–560 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (Ovoid)
BF
about 570–560 B.C.
Black-Figure Amphora
BF
Painter of Acropolis 606
·
about 570–560 B.C.
Amphora
BF
ca. 560–520 BCE
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the birth of Athena
BF
about 540 B.C.
Neck amphora with (A) nude men and women, and (B) man and woman between sphinxes
Timiades Painter
·
565–550 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
ca. 560–550 BCE
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
BF
Nikias
·
ca. 560–550 BCE
Terracotta amphora with lid
3rd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora (Tyrrhenian)
BF
Castellani Painter
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560–555 B.C.
Amphora
BF
middle of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)
BF
HARVARD 2271, P OF
·
ca. 560 BCE
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
ca. 560–550 BCE
Bauchamphora (Attische Bauchamphora)
BF
Lydos
·
560-540 v. Chr.
Attic Black-figure Amphora of Type B: Duelling Warriors
BF
The Painter of Harvard 2271
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c. 550 BCE
Fikellura Neck Amphora
c. 550 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora ("Tyrrhenian")
BF
Pointed Nose Painter
·
555–550 B.C.
Fikellura Amphora
6256
·
ca. 540 BCE (Archaic)
Amphora with Scenes of the Hermes and Dionysus
BF
2722
·
ca. 540-530 BCE (Archaic)
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 7 Joined Fragments)
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
ca. 550–540 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
Amphora with Chariot and Amazon
BF
6256
·
second half 6th century BCE (Archaic)
Belly-Amphora (Storage Jar)
BF
the Painter of Berlin 1686 or the Painter of Tarquinia RC 3984
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550-540 BCE
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 TO -500
Attic Black-Figure Amphora
BF
550–550 B.C.
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CompareMUNICH 1416, P OF
·
-550 TO -500
Attic Black-Figure Nicosthenic Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
PSEUDO-PANATHENAIC AMPHORA (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
OXFORD 218B, P OF
·
-550 TO -500
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
EXEKIAS
·
550–530 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
Group E
·
about 550 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment
BF
Painter N, Thiasos Group
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about 550–540 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora
BF
550–540 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
second half of 6th century B.C.
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Psiax
·
-550 TO -500
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Lid
BF
550–525 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to the Amasis Painter
·
ca. 550 BCE
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