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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
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 6 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 3 joined fragments; part of 81.AE.200.10.h)
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Medea Group
·
ca. 520 BCE
Chalcidian Neck Amphora
Phineus Painter
·
about 520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
BF
Compared with work by the Painter of Boulogne 441
·
ca. 520 BCE
Neck-amphora
BF
the Antimenes Painter
·
ca. 520 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with Herakles and a bull
BF
ca. 520–510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
ca. 520 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 3 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Amphora?
520–500 B.C.
Amphora (Attische Halsamphora)
Antimenes-Maler
·
520-500 v. Chr.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 520 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Medea Group
·
ca. 520 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (11)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Fragment of a terrracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Euphronios
·
ca. 520–510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–500 B.C.
Schwarzfigurige Amphora (Attisch-schwarzfigurige Bauchamphora)
BF
Chiusi-Maler
·
520-500 v. Chr.
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora
BF
Attributed to the Leagros Group
·
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to the Acheloös Painter
·
ca. 520–510 BCE
Black-figure Neck Amphora: Hoplite flanked by Cavalrymen
BF
Leagros
·
520-510 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to the manner of the Lysippides Painter
·
ca. 520 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (part of 81.AE.200.10.e)
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck-Amphora
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment (comprised of 3 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora with Boxers
BF
Painter N
·
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Antimenes Painter
·
ca. 520 BCE
Amphora Depicting Satyrs and Maenads
BF
3894
·
520-510 BCE (Archaic)
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (2)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 520 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (3)
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
BF
520 B.C.
Neck-amphora
BF
the Pasikles Painter
·
ca. 520–510 BCE
Attisch schwarzfigurige Amphora (Attische Bauchamphora)
BF
520-480 v. Chr.
Amphora (Attische Halsamphora)
BF
Leagros-Gruppe
·
520-500 v. Chr.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–510 B.C.
Neck Amphora (storage vessel): Dionysos and maenad; satyr and maenad
BF
MEDEA GROUP
·
520 BCE-510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment (part of 86.AE.74)
BF
Painter of the Nicosia Olpe
·
about 520 B.C.
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