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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; painting (framed by, palmette and lotus flower, chain, double, alternating); departure in chariot; warrior (Hector, ?, helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, greave, holding, lance, shield, round, riding, on); quadriga (horse, 4, driven by); charioteer (beard, xystis, holding, reins); left; woman (remains, drapery, veil); in the background; Andromache (?, headband, peplos, carrying); little boy (Astyanax, ?); old man (Priam, ?); hoplite; woman (headband, peplos); right; woman (peplos); hoplite (remains, cuirass, exomis, greave, holding, shield, round, lance); in predella; frieze of animals (mermaid, flanked by, rooster, animal, faced, group, 2, panther, deer, grazing) on ​​belly (at the bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the entire top of the vase and 1 handle; gaps filled in plaster; Restoration: glued back together (belly)

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.