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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck (side A and B); plant motif (palmette, 2, lotus flower, 2, crisscross) on belly (top); tongues (remains) on belly (top, side A); combat scene; duel (3); hoplite (6, remains, helmet, naked, greaves, baldric, scabbard: sword, brandishing, lance, holding, shield, confronting) on ​​belly (top, side B); siren (?, remains, 2, confronted, between); bird; panther (remains, 2) on belly (in the middle) animal zone (2) at the top; zone (remains, siren, 3, panther, 2, boar); at the bottom; zone (remains, ram, panther, 3) on belly (bottom); radiating edges (remains) Condition of the work: incomplete; less handle A_B; the gaps are filled in plaster; glued back together; the surface is very damaged; the highlights have disappeared; 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.