amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, lotus flower, frieze) on belly (side A); combat scene; hoplite (3, helmet, headband, 1, beard, cuirass, chiton, short, scabbard, 1, greave, holding, shield, spear, fighter); hoplite (3, helmet, headband, 1, chiton, short, scabbard, 1, greave, brandishing, spear, holding, shield, episema: wheel, 1, lion: protome, 1, above); hoplite (helmet, beard, cuirass, chiton, short, motif: scale, scabbard, greave, holding, shield, spear, kneeling); in the field; bird on belly (side B); in the center; rider (helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, motif: scale, greave, near); horse (front, harness, between); rider (4, helmet, headband, 1, beard, 1, chiton, short, greaves, holding, lance, on); horse (4, harness) on belly (below); radiating edges Condition of the work: the vase is whole; less a fragment of the foot; chips on the mouthpiece

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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