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 an amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora(jar)
second half of the sixth century BCE
Amphora with Stamped and Incised Decoration
6291
· 7th century BCE (Orientalizing)
Terracotta neck-amphora
BF
early 7th century BCE
Terracotta neck-amphora (storage jar)
ORI
Attributed to the New York Nessos Painter
· second quarter of the 7th century BCE
Amphora
ORI
7th century BCE
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.
Amphorabruchstück (Frühattische Amphora (modern ergänzt))
675-650 v. Chr.
Terracotta fragment of a neck-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 neck-amphora (jar)?
6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment 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)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of Neck-amphorae (jars)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
510–500 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 a neck-amphora (jar)
510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of neck-amphorae (jars)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
490–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
510 –500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a Panathenaic prize amphora
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a Panathenaic prize amphora
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
510 –500 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)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
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