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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (side A and B); palmette and lotus flower (chain, double) on shoulder; tabs on belly (side A); Herakles and the Amazons; Herakles (remains, lion, beard, quiver, between); Amazon (2, remains, alopekis, 1, helmet, 1, chiton) on belly (side B); Dionysian scene (remains); man (chiton, himation); woman (remains: foot) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, 1) Condition of the work: only the neck and the top of the belly remain - gap - breaks - concretions - highlights erased - 1 non-joining fragment belongs to side B (?) Restoration: reattached

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.