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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; painting (surmounted by, lotus flower, frieze); Theseus and the Minotaur; Theseus (beard, chiton, short, himation, nebride, baldric, scabbard, himation, brandishing, sword, fighter); Minotaur (holding, stone, between); Athena (?, headband, peplos, himation, embroidered, holding, spear); man (chiton, embroidered, himation, holding, spear, ?, scepter, ?); net; band Condition of the work: only part of the belly remains, composed of 7 joined fragments glued back together; chips; concretions

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.