



skyphos
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on edge; oves; point (file) on basin (side A); warrior (Oscan, ?, pilos, chiton, short, holding, shield, round, spear, near); woman (bun, chiton, belt, holding, oinochoe) on basin (side B); young man (himation, half-draped, holding, staff) under handle; vegetal decoration (palmette, flanked by, volute, surmounted by, circle) on background; circle (concentric, dotted) Condition of the work: whole; reattached
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.