Shape
Amphora
ἀμφορεύς
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
13375 examples
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora(jar)
second half of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a Nicosthenic neck-amphora (jar)?
last quarter of the 7th century BCE
Amphora with Stamped and Incised Decoration
6291
· 7th century BCE (Orientalizing)
Amphora
ORI
7th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)
ORI
Attributed to the New York Nessos Painter
· second quarter of the 7th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora
BF
early 7th century BCE
Amphorabruchstück (Frühattische Amphora (modern ergänzt))
675-650 v. Chr.
Terracotta spiral amphora (jar)
ORI
ca. 675–650 BCE
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (PROTOATTIC, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
RAM JUG P
· -675 TO -625
Funerary amphora
about 670–650 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a amphora
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
6th century/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)?
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
510 –500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
510 –500 BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragments of Neck-amphorae (jars)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragments of amphorae (jars)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
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