Shoulder-handled Amphora (Shape, Concept)

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Shoulder-handled Amphora (en), Schulterhenkelamphore (de), αμφορέας με λαβές στον ώμο (el)Additional labels

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English
Originiating in the Protogeometric period, the shape is one of the four types in use at the time. The name is derived from the location of its handles, which are placed on the shoulder of the vessel. The shoulder-handled amphora seems to have been developed in Athens at the beginning of the Protogeometric period but only became popular at the end, when it sometimes replaced the belly-handled amphora in female burials.

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