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An item at Louvre

Decoration: relief decoration; on basin (top); braid on basin (middle); mill scene; miller (coat, covering, head, in front); slave (cap, loincloth, turning, millstone); punishment scene at the mill; man (pilos, loincloth, holding, club, following); man (pilos, loincloth, carrying); slave (naked, cap); man (pilos, behind, column, tying, slave); slave (naked, ithyphallic, cap, crouching, in front); mule (ithyphallic, turning, mill); man (pilos, behind, column, tying, slave); slave (pilos, loincloth, holding, club, beating); slave (cap, naked, leaning); mill scene; slave (holding, sieve, on, basin); slave (turning, millstone) on background (framing medallion); braid; oves; in medallion; rosette (acanthus leaf) Condition of the work: the vase is whole; the surface is worn


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.