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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on body (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, garland: ivy leaf) on body (side A); gigantomachy; Athena (remains, helmet, aegis, chiton, brandishing, spear, attacking); giant (helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, greaves, holding, spear, fleeing) on ​​body (side B); Dionysian scene; satyr (remains, beard, nude, pursuing); maenad (remains, headband, chignon, chiton, himation, running) on ​​body (bottom); radiating edges (remains) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete, glued back together and remade; minus the neck, the handles, a large part of the body, the foot; breaks; gaps; chips

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.