Loutrophoroi

Tall and slender vessels with an elongated neck and a flaring mouth, usually in the form of an amphora with two handles, but sometimes in the form of a hydria with three handles. It was often given as gifts at weddings since it held water used for a bride's ritual bath before her wedding. The term is Greek for "bath bringer." Since many girls died before getting married, the loutrophoros symbolized the wedding that she missed and so was often used as a grave marker. The form was common in black-figure pottery of the late 6th century BCE.