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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, garland, ivy leaf) on belly (side A); wrestling scene; wrestler (2, remains, beard, naked, wrestling, above, pithos); left; pedotribe (remains, himation, stick); in the field; fabric on belly (side B); comos scene; comaste (3, remains, beard, 1, naked, dancing) on ​​belly (below); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the neck and the handle AB; the gaps in the belly have been filled in plaster; glued back: chips; concretions (side B); salts (side B); poor surface condition

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.