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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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Krater m. Knotenhenkeln (Apulische Amphora a colonnette)
RF
350-300 v. Chr.
Storage jar (neck amphora) with Orestes and Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
RF
The Boston Orestes Painter
·
about 335–320 B.C.
Panathenaic Prize Amphora (storage jar)
BF
the Marsyas Painter
·
340-339 BCE
Attic Panathenaic Amphora with Lid
Marsyas Painter
·
340–339 B.C.
Campanian Neck-Amphora
Caivano Painter
·
about 340 B.C.
Campanian Amphora
Painter of Copenhagen 3757
·
about 340 B.C.
Amphora (Storage Jar)
RF
the Ixion Painter
·
340-330 BCE
Red-figure Nolan Amphora: Woman in Chiton
RF
c. 325-300 BCE
Apulian Red-Figure Amphora Fragment
RF
Painter of the Birth of Dionysos
·
about 330 B.C.
Fragment, probably from an amphora, depicting the death of Pentheus
RF
Painter: the Ascoli Satriano Painter
·
330–320 B.C.
Apulian Red-Figure Amphora
RF
Patera Painter
·
about 330 B.C.
Apulian Amphora
Baltimore Painter, Lavello Group
·
about 330 B.C.
Red-Figure Bail Amphora (Storage Vessel): Draped Women
RF
CA Painter, Walters Sub-group
·
330–320 BCE
Terracotta bail-amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the APZ Painter
·
ca. 330–320 BCE
Terracotta bail-amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Ixion Painter
·
ca. 330–310 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Ixion Painter
·
ca. 330–310 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the APZ Painter
·
ca. 330–300 BCE
Panathenaic Amphora: Eros and Woman
c. 325 BCE
Apulian Red-Figure Amphora
RF
Haifa Painter
·
about 330–320 B.C.
Campanian Red-Figure Neck Amphora
RF
CA Painter, Orvieto Sub-Group
·
about 330–320 B.C.
Terracotta amphora
RF
late 4th century BCE
Scarab with Satyr Carrying an Amphora
325–275 B.C.
Apulian Polychrome Amphora
White Saccos-Kantharos Group
·
late 4th century B.C.
Panathenaic Amphora with Lid
Nichomachos Group
·
about 320 B.C.
Terracotta amphora
RF
3rd century BCE
Terracotta amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Group with Horizontal Ivy Leaves
·
ca. 275–250 BCE
Terracotta transport amphora
RF
late 3rd–mid-2nd century BCE
Amphora with Polychrome and Relief Decoration
6256
·
late 3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
Terracotta stamped amphora handle
RF
ca. 220–180 BCE
Terracotta amphora handle with stamp
RF
ca. 220–180 BCE
Terracotta amphora handle with stamp
RF
ca. 220–180 BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
RF
Attributed to the Bolsena Group
·
ca. 200 BCE
Volsinian "Silvered Ware" Amphora
Malacena Group
·
about 200 B.C.
Storage Amphora Handle
2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
Terracotta transport amphora
RF
2nd century BCE
Terracotta amphora fragment with stamped handle
RF
ca. 180 BCE
Group of Transport Amphorae (6)
2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
Terracotta amphora handle with stamp
RF
2nd half of 2nd century BCE
Amphora mit Deckel, sog. "Glasamphora"
150-100 v. Chr.
Terracotta wine amphora
ca. 100 BCE
Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
4th-1st century BCE
Amphora Decorated in the "West Slope" Style
3rd-2nd century BCE
Large Amphora for Transportation
4th-3rd century BCE
Amphora
Small Amphora
Thasian Amphora Handle with Stamped Inscription
4th-1st century BCE
Knidian Stamped Amphora Handle
2nd century BCE
Stamped Amphora Handle
4th-1st century BCE
Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
4th-1st century BCE
Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
4th-1st century BCE
Amphora Handle with Greek Stamp
4th-1st century BCE
Stamped Amphora Handle
1st-3rd century CE
Stamped Amphora Handle
Stamped Amphora Handle
Amphora
Neck amphora with Twin Handles
1st-2nd century CE
Stamped Amphora Handle
Stamped Amphora Handle
ANCIENT, TALL AMPHORA
Stamped Amphora Handle
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