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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder (remains); plant motif (palmette, 4, crisscross, lotus flower); sphinx; snake; rooster; wing; in field; rosette (2) on belly; departure in chariot (remains); charioteer (headband, holding, reins, on); chariot (horse, 3); woman (headband); warrior (beard, headband, holding, lance) Condition of the work: only part of the shoulder and the upper area of ​​the belly remains on side A, reconstructed from 5 joined fragments glued together; chips in places; 2 small holes on the shoulder; 4 fragments from the Cahn HC 1007 collection belong to the same vase

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.