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 an amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth 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 an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora
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)
6th century/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)
the Lysippides Painter
· 520–510 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)?
Psiax
· late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment 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)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
520 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 neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora
late 6th/early 5th centuries 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 fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th 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
Amphora
BF
650–480 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century 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 fragment of an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
the Michigan Painter
· 510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of amphorae (jars)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
570–560 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–510 BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
first quarter of the 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
540–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
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