amphora

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Decoration: on collar (side A); plant motif (remains, palmette, 4, crisscross) on collar (side B); plant motif (remains, lotus flower, 2, palmette, 2, crisscross) on belly (top); tongues (remains) on belly (top, side A); love scene; Dionysian scene; in the center; woman (peplos, embroidered, caressing); man (2, beard, naked, ithyphallic); on the left; satyr (remains, beard, naked, ithyphallic); man (beard, naked, ithyphallic, facing); woman (headband, peplos); on the right; maenad (naked, holding, crown, embraced by); satyr (beard, naked, ithyphallic) on belly (top, side B); young man (comaste, ?, 2, remains, naked, dancing, between); mermaid (2, remains, body: rooster, polo shirts, ?, 1); in the field; lotus flower (2, remains) on belly (in the middle); animal area (2); at the top; area (remains, doe, between, panther, 2, panther, between, ram, 2); at the bottom; area (remains, ram, 2, between, panther, 2) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the mouthpiece, the bottom of the belly and the foot; the gaps are filled in plaster; glued back together; chips

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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