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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouthpiece; band (2) on neck (side A and B); rosette (of point, 6) on shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); rider (2, remains, holding, lance); right; bird (flying) on ​​belly (side B); man (2, headband, holding, lance, ?, sceptre, ?, facing each other); right and left; sphinx (headband) on belly (bottom); radiating edges (surmounted by); stylized grenades (zone); band Condition of the work: incomplete; less a fragment of the belly and the foot completed in plaster; very chipped varnish; altered highlights

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.