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amphore

An item at Louvre

Décor : sur panse (face A et B) ; tableau ; sur panse (face A) ; scène de combat ; hoplite (casque, bandeau, chitôn, tenant, bouclier, attaquant) ; hoplite (casque, bandeau, chitôn, bouclier, agenouillé, entre) ; jeune homme (2, chitôn, himation) Etat de l'oeuvre : le vase est incomplet ; moins le bas de la panse, le pied, la face B ; lacunes ; cassures (8 fragments) ; nombreux éclats ; surface très usée.


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.