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The belly-handles on the sides are arranged as horizontal double handles. They can also contribute an additional optical effect through their decoration. On one type they can convey the impression of goats' horns, so that the amphora looks like a goat's head with broad horns.
Silver amphora-rhyton with zoomorphic handles, c. 500 BC, Vassil Bojkov Collection (Sofia, Bulgaria) An amphora (/ ˈ æ m f ər ə /; Ancient Greek: ἀμφορεύς, romanized: amphoreús; English pl. amphorae or amphoras) is a type of container [1] with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and ...
Dipylon amphora, mid-700's B.C. detail of laying out the body (prothesis). Thanatos, the god of gentle death, can be seen on Greek funerary vases taking away the body of the deceased to the underworld. The act of laying out the body for mourners to see, called prothesis, is painted on the Dipylon amphora. The next step was the ekphora; the ...
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Virginia Randolph Grace (1901–1994) was an American archaeologist, known for her lifelong work into amphoras and their stamped handles. [1]As a result of this work, amphoras and their stamped handles are now useful as a tool for closely dating archaeological contexts and serve as a primary indicator for tracing and understanding ancient trade in the Mediterranean.
storage and transport vessels, including the amphora, pithos, pelike, hydria, stamnos, pyxis, mixing vessels, mainly for symposia or male drinking parties, including the krater, dinos, and kyathos, jugs and cups, several types of kylix also just called cups, kantharos, phiale, skyphos, rhyton, mastos, and jug-types oinochoe and loutrophoros,
On the body, there are also short handles. These handles are specific to Dipylon amphoras. The handles tell others that a woman lays in the grave that it marks. At the foot of the vase, there is a hole designated for loved ones to pour libations. [11] On the body of the amphora, we can see the images of mourning figures surrounding the dead woman.
This two-sided, red figure belly amphora is housed in the Classics wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It was bought during Art Basel from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., October 17, 1963. [1] With flat handles decorated with depictions of ivy, and a double layered foot, it qualifies as a type A amphora.