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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; combat scene; warrior (2, remains: greaves, 3, holding, shield, 2, episema: tripod, 1, fighter) on belly; Geryon (remains: head, 2, helmet, crest, beard, cuirass, holding, lance, 2, shield, collapsing, 1) Condition of the work: only a fragment of the shoulder and belly remains, recomposed from 2 joined fragments glued together

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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