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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; tongues (remains) on basin (at the top); hoplitodrome (?); hoplite (4, helmet, chiton, short, 2, holding, shield, episema: wheel of crescents, 2, greaves, holding, spear, running) Condition of the work: only a fragment of the basin remains; chipped varnish, damaged surface; completed by fragment S 7157

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.