amphora

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Decoration: on belly (side A); painting; Herakles and the Nemean lion; Herakles (bearded, naked, walking, to the right, grabbing, paw, suffocating); lion (roaring, turning, head) on belly (side B); painting; rider (ephebe, tunic, runs, galloping, to the right); in the field; hare (running); eagle (flying) Condition of the work: the vase is incomplete; composed of 24 glued fragments; less the bottom of the vase; gaps; chips; concretions

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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