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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; palmette and lotus flower (chain, double, alternating); on shoulder; tongues on belly (top, side A); amazonomachy; amazon (remains, chiton, greave) on belly (top, side B); man (remains, 3, beard, himation); woman (remains, 1, himation) on belly (in the middle); zone (surmounted by, point, in staggered rows, between, fillet, 3); palmette and lotus flower (chain, double, alternating) Condition of the work: only part of the collar and shoulder remains, composed of three joined fragments - there also remain two non-joined fragments of the belly - the fourth fragment representing the Amazonomachy scene mentioned in the Campana register has not been found - concretions - chips Restoration: glued back together

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.