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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (side A and B); palmette (3, alternating) on ​​shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); Athena (helmet, headband, aegis, chiton, between); hoplite (2, helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, greaves, brandishing, spear, holding, shield) on belly (side B); musician (remains, beard, playing, aulos, between); man (2, remains, beard, 1, naked, 1) under handle; plant motif (palmette, lotus flower) on belly (at the bottom); area (2, between, fillet); point (staggered, line); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete - recomposed of 3 fragments joined together - less a large part of side B - breaks - chips - concretions Restoration: reattached

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.