The term given to ceramic vessels of two principal types. The first, the undecorated Etruscan transport amphora, had a distinctive globular form that has allowed trade to be detected around the Mediterranean, especially in the South of France, especially at Pech Maho, Mailhac, Pezenas, Bessan, Lattes, Cap d’Antibes, and Vaunage, with other examples from Campania. The second, the storage amphora, was often highly decorated and associated with drinking, feasting, and death rituals, drawing on Greek models.
See also ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN POTTERY; ETRUSCAN BLACK FIGURE POTTERY; ETRUSCAN RED FIGURE POTTERY.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.