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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck (side A and B); stitch (file, between, fillet) on belly (side A and B); owl (between); olive branch; fillet (2) Condition of the work: whole; small chip on one side; concretions on the other side

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.