amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, ivy leaf, line); hoplite (helmet, headband, himation, greaves, holding, spear, shield, round, decorated with, point, surrounded by); man (beard, headband, himation, holding, spear); young man (headband, himation, holding, spear) on belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the foot and fragments of the bottom of the belly; glued back on

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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