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
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Companion of POLOS P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
RED-LINE P
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN 309, P OF
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PRINCETON GROUP
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KERCH
· -400 TO -300
transport amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
POLOS P
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY-HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Sophilos
· -600 to -550
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Sophilos
· -600 to -550
transport amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PRINCETON GROUP
· -550 to -500
transport amphora
neck-amphora; trefoil-mouth oinochoe
AMPHORA, NECK, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
neck-amphora
transport amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MADRID 11099, GROUP OF
· -450 to -400
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
VATICAN 309, P OF
· -575 to -525
AMPHORA, BELLY (CYPRIOT)
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
neck-amphora
neck-amphora
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
EDINBURGH P
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
PRINCETON GROUP
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, MINIATURE PANATHENAIC (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
BULAS GROUP
· -400 to -300
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LONDON B 288, P OF
· -550 to -500
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Lydos
· -575 to -525
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
neck-amphora
transport amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Perhaps PESCIA P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
GOLTYR P by BOTHMER
· -600 to -550
neck-amphora
transport amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BOTHMER
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2306, P OF
· -525 to -475
neck-amphora
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CASTELLANI P by DEPPERT
· -575 to -525
neck-amphora
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
LIGHT-MAKE CLASS
· -525 to -475
neck-amphora
neck-amphora
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALTENBURG 273, P OF by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
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