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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); Herakles and Nessus; Herakles (beard, cuirass, chiton, short, belt, scabbard: sword, holding, club, attacking); Nessus (beard, holding, stone, 2); in the background; Deianira (chiton, himation, forming, veil); on ground; rock on belly (side B); hoplite (remains: greaves) under handle; plant motif (palmette, lotus flower) Condition of the work: only part of the belly remains, composed of 2 non-joined fragments, each composed of several joined fragments glued together; 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.