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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
BF
520–510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
520–500 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Antimenes Painter
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ca. 520 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
DIOSPHOS P by UNKNOWN
·
ca. 510 BCE
Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Herakles and Nemean Lion (A); Dionysos, Satyrs, and Maenads (B)
BF
Painter of Berlin 1899
·
515–510 BCE
Fragment of a terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Euphronios
·
ca. 515 BCE
Pseudo-Panathenaic Amphora with a Musical Competition
BF
6256
·
ca. 500-485 BCE (Late Archaic)
Pseudo-Panathenaic Amphora with Discus Thrower
BF
16426
·
ca. 500-485 BCE (Late Archaic-early Classical)
Pseudo-Panathenaic Amphora with Horse Race
BF
16426
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ca. 500-480 BCE (Late Archaic)
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 3 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Panathenaic Amphora Fragment
about 510–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (6)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (8)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
Related to the Antimenes Painter
·
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
ca. 510–500 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (4)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
ca. 510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
Leagros Group
·
about 510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
ca. 510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (9)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 12 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Acheloös Painter
·
ca. 510–500 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Fragmentary Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (comprised of 34 fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora
BF
Leagros Group
·
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
MEDEA GROUP
·
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments
BF
about 510 B.C.
Amphora (storage jar): Poseidon and Giants; Peleus and Thetis
BF
c. 500 BCE
Amphora with Dionysus and Herakles
BF
5548
·
510-500 BCE (Archaic)
Amphora with Dionysus and Bacchante
BF
5548
·
510-500 BCE (Archaic)
Attic Black-Figure Amphora
BF
Leagros Group
·
about 510–500 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
BF
about 510 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Leagros Group
·
ca. 510–500 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
BF
the Class of Cabinet des Médailles 218
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ca. 510 BCE
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and Erymanthian Boar; Warrior Farewell Scene
BF
the Acheloös Painter
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510-500 BCE
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to the Leagros Group
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ca. 510 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments (13)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragments
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 5 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment (comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
BF
about 510 B.C.
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
Recalls the Rycroft Painter
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ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
Attributed to the Edinburgh Painter
·
ca. 500 BCE
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
Leagros Group
·
about 510 B.C.
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