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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 Horse Head Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Neck-Amphora
RF
Berlin Painter
·
500–480 B.C.
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
·
-500 TO -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
·
-500 TO -450
Attische Halsamphora
Dutuit-Maler
·
500-450 v. Chr.
Amphora panathenäischer Form (Attische Amphora)
RF
500-467 v. Chr.
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 TO -450
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Terracotta amphora (jar)
BF
the Princeton Painter
·
ca. 500–490 BCE
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 TO -450
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Attische Amphora panathenäischer Form
RF
Harrow-Maler
·
500-476 v. Chr.
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 TO -450
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
Campanian Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
about 500 B.C.
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Manner ofMYSON
·
-500 TO -450
Attic Panathenaic Amphora
Kleophrades Painter
·
500–480 B.C.
Bruchstück einer Spitzamphora (Fragmente einer Spitzamphora des Kleophrades-Malers, Fragmente rotfiguriger Spitzamphora, Fragmentierte attische Spitzamphora)
RF
Kleophrades-Maler
·
500-475 v. Chr.
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CompareMAKRON
·
-500 TO -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 TO -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 TO -450
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Warriors in Battle
BF
510-500 BCE
Red-figure Amphora
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Diosphos Painter
·
ca. 500 BCE
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-500 TO -450
Attic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment
BF
6th century B.C.
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BERLIN P
·
-500 TO -450
Attic Red-Figure Amphora or Kalpis Fragment
RF
5th century B.C.
Fragmentary Attic Panathenaic Amphora
early 5th century B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora
BF
Attributed to the Red-Line Painter
·
early 5th century BCE
Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
RF
Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy
·
5th century B.C.
Terracotta amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Praxias Group
·
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
5th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Group of New York GR 517
·
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
RF
1st half of the 5th century BCE
Attic Red-Figure Amphora or Kalpis Fragment (part of 86.AE.194, comprised of 2 Joined Fragments)
RF
Triptolemos Painter
·
5th century B.C.
Campanian Neck Amphora
OWL-PILLAR GROUP
·
early 5th century B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Amphora or Kalpis Fragment (comprised of 4 Joined Fragments)
RF
Triptolemos Painter
·
5th century B.C.
Two-handled jar (Nolan amphora) with Zeus pursuing Ganymede
RF
the Pan Painter
·
about 470 B.C.
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Nereus (or Triton) with Scepter and Dolphin; Woman Running
RF
The Berlin Painter
·
c. 490 BCE
Neck Amphora with Two Figures
RF
2344
·
ca. 480 BCE (Early Classical)
Attic Red-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
490–480 B.C.
Amphora with Male and Female Figures
BF
3185
·
490-480 BCE (Late Archaic)
Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
RF
Eucharides Painter
·
about 490–470 B.C.
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar)
RF
The Berlin Painter
·
ca. 490–480 BCE
Terracotta amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Eucharides Painter
·
ca. 490 BCE
Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar)
BF
the Eucharides Painter
·
ca. 490 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Amphora or Kalpis Fragment
RF
about 490–480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
RF
Eucharides Painter
·
about 490–470 B.C.
Neck-Amphora
Painter of the Dancing Satyrs
·
about 490 B.C.
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
BF
the Kleophrades Painter
·
ca. 490 BCE
Attic Red-Figure Amphora or Kalpis Fragment
RF
about 490–480 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Neck Amphora with Double Handles
RF
Berlin Painter
·
490–470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
RF
Eucharides Painter
·
about 490–470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
RF
Eucharides Painter
·
about 490–470 B.C.
Attic Red-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment
RF
Berlin Painter
·
490–480 B.C.
Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
BF
about 490 B.C.
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