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)
530–520 BCE
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 amphora (jar)
530–520 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 fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century 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 fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a Panathenaic prize amphora
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)?
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a amphora
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
550–525 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
third 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)
540–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
510 –500 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 fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Panathenaic shape
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)?
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
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