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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by palmette and lotus flower: chain, double, alternating) on ​​belly (side A); combat scene; hoplite (2, helmet, headband, 1, nude, greaves, holding spear, shield, confronting each other, between); young man (nude, holding spear); Athena (helmet, peplos, embroidered, himation, holding spear, shield, episema: circle, 3) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; only one side of the belly remains (side A); numerous breaks; gaps; worn white highlights; salts

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.