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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
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CONSERVATORI CLASS
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-550 TO -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 TO -500
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-550 TO -500
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
the St. Audries Painter
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ca. 550 BCE
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
BF
Lydos
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550–540 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 Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
MASTOS P
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-550 TO -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
SWING P
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-550 TO -500
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Lid, A Shape
BF
550–520 B.C.
Amphora with Two Bands of Impressed Decoration: Horses and Horsemen
550-500 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
Group E
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about 550 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora
BF
Painter of the Vatican Mourner
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550–530 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
BF
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 Panel 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
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora
BF
550–550 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
BF
550–540 B.C.
Fragment of a terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
the Amasis Painter
·
ca. 550–540 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
second half of 6th century B.C.
Belly-Amphora (Storage Jar)
BF
the Painter of Berlin 1686 or the Painter of Tarquinia RC 3984
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550-540 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
second half of 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
second half of 6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Lid
BF
550–525 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Nicosthenic Amphora Fragment
BF
550–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 550–500 B.C.
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PRIAM P
·
-550 TO -500
Attic Black-figure "Tyrrhenian" Amphora with (A) a Wedding Procession and (B) a Combat Scene
BF
Pointed Nose Painter
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550–545 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
550–450 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
EXEKIAS
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550–530 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
second half of 6th century B.C.
Black-Figure Amphora (Type B; Storage Vessel): Men and Horses
BF
c. 540 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
a painter of the Princeton Group
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ca. 540–530 BCE
Amphora with Scenes of Combat
BF
6256
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ca. 530 BCE (Archaic)
Amphora with Dionysus with Entourage and Departure Scene
BF
2624
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ca. 530 BCE (Archaic)
Amphora with Herakles and Apollo
BF
6389
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ca. 530 BCE (Archaic)
Fragment of a terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed possibly to the Painter of Vatican 365
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ca. 540–530 BCE
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
the manner of Lydos
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ca. 540 BCE
Amphora (storage jar): Herakles Fighting Geryon; Arming of a Warrior
BF
Group E
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540 BCE-530 BCE
Fragments of a terracotta amphora (jar)
the Amasis Painter
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ca. 540 BCE
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and the Nemean Lion; Theseus and the Minotaur
BF
EXEKIAS
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540-530 BCE
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