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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A and B); painting (surmounted by, flower and lotus bud, frieze) on belly (side A); warrior's weaponry; ephebe (nude, hair, long, leaning, wearing, greaves, surrounded by); ephebe (2, hair, long, draped, flanked by); ephebe (2, nude, hair, long) on ​​belly (side B); ephebe (5, remains, head) Condition of the work: there remain two non-joining fragments of the belly; one of the fragments is composed of 8 shards (side A), the other of 3 shards (side B); flakes; concretions

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.