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stamnos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on rim; oves; on belly (at the top); tongues; on the whole belly; palestra scene; athlete (remains, kneeling, near); pedotribe (remains, himation, holding, stick, near); discus thrower; pugilist (seated, bandage, near); athlete (remains); musician (crown: leaf, chiton, phorbeia, playing, aulos, near); athlete (remains, near); athlete (kneeling, holding, dumbbell); column (?); athlete (remains, crown: leaf); pedotribe (?, remains); musician (crown: leaf, phorbeia, on, neck, chiton, playing, aulos); in the field; discus bag; pickaxe Condition of the work: incomplete; there are 7 fragments remaining to which is added fragment CP 12037_6; the 7 fragments from the Metropolitan Museum (NY 1986.99.4 af), two of which are glued back together, complete certain figures; fragments NY 1986.99.4 a, b, c, d are integrated with fragments of cp 10797; fragments NY 1986.99.4e and f are not integrated; glued back together; gap 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.