amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, lotus flower, frieze) on belly (side A); combat scene; hoplite (2, remains, helmet, 1, greave, 1, on either side of); hoplite (remains, helmet, brandishing, spear, against); hoplite (remains, shield, on ground) on belly (side B); hoplite (3, remains, helmet, greave, shield, episema: circle, 3, leg, 1, holding, spear, 1) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the foot; gaps; chips; erased white highlights (episema: leg); reattached; completed

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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.

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