Nolan amphora
A special and smaller version of the neck amphora.
Shape: Averaging twelve inches high, it is characterized by the slightly taller and narrower neck (than the neck amphora), with handles that are ribbed (earlier examples) or straps which have a central raised rib (later examples). The foot-disc is usually a torus.
History: A great number of these vases whose proveniences are known do come from Nola and nearby Capua, while many come from surrounding areas, suggesting that there was a foreign market for these vessels. It is a very popular shape with red-figure painters beginning by about 490 B.C., and continuing down to the second half of the following century.
Term: The Nolan amphora takes its modern name from the site, Nola, in South Italy, where many vases of this shape have been found.
- Amphora
- Neck amphora
- Early Type B amphora
- Nikosthenic amphora
- Panathenaic amphora
- Pelike
- Pointed amphora
- Protoattic neck amphora
- Type A amphora
- Type B amphora
- Type C amphora
- Tyrrhenian amphora