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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (side A and B); Herakles and the Nemean lion on basin (side A); Herakles (nude, holding sword, attacking); lion on basin (side B); lion (remains: paw) flanking the handle; palmette (remains, vertical) Condition of the work: incomplete; minus one handle and a large part of the basin; concretions; the varnish 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.