amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder (side A and B); tabs on belly (side A); musician (crown: leaf, phorbeia, chiton, playing, aulos) on belly (side B); man (crown: leaf, beard, himation, holding, stick) Condition of the work: the 2 sides of the belly remain, recomposed from 18 joined fragments for side A and 7 joined fragments for side B Restoration: glued back together; completed

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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.

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