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)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
525–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora (jar)
570 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)
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)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
third 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 of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
550–540 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 (jar)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
late 6th/early 5th centuries 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)
second quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
540–530 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
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragments of amphorae (jars)
6th century/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)?
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
520–510 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 fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
530–520 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
6th century/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of an amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
530–520 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 fragments of a neck-amphora of Nicosthenic shape (jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
6th century/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an amphora (jar)
late 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a neck-amphora (jar)
second quarter of the sixth 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 an amphora (jar)
540–530 BCE
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