(Greek: αμφορέας). A two-handled jar used for storing wine, olive oil, or other liquids. In ancient Greece, pottery amphorae (pl.) were often decorated in the black-figure and red-figure techniques. Web resource here. See also: Panathenaic amphora.

Exekias. Amphora with the Suicide of Ajax (side A). Ca. 540 BCE. Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Photo: Egisto Sani.