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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on mouth (on rim); dolphin (file, remains: 4) on handle (at the top); satyr (remains: head) Condition of the work: only a fragment of the handle remains

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.