Stamnos

A stamnos -pl. stamnoi; possibly connected with Greek histemi: I set up - is a broad-shouldered, round-shaped vessel, with a low foot and a low neck. Its two horizontal handles usually curl upwards to some degree. It ranges from twelve to fifteen inches in height.

Vessels of this shape were used for the purpose of both storing and serving wine is attested to in literature and on vase painting. The shape appears mainly in red-figure, though there are black-figure examples, establishing itself in Attic pottery during the last quarter of the sixth century throughout the fifth century B.C. and in Etruscan pottery throughout the fourth century B.C. The name might have been used for this shape in antiquity, but not necessarily exclusively, and it may also have been applied to other storage vessels, such as amphorae. Some examples have lids, suggesting that they were used for storage