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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly; Apollo (crown: leaf, hair, long, chiton, himation, holding, lyre, lyre case, ?, phiale); Artemis (headband, crobylos, chiton, himation, earring, bracelet, holding, oinochoe, on either side of); altar floor strip; meander Condition of the work: only half of the belly remains; gaps filled in plaster


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.