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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); rectangle (staggered, line); in medallion; hoplite (beard, himation, holding, helmet, spear, shield, episema: lion) on basin (side A and B); combat scene on basin (side A); left; hoplite (2, remains, beard, 1, helmet, baldric, 1, sword: scabbard, holding, shield, half-kneeling, 1, fighter); right; hoplite (2, remains, loincloth, 1, holding, shield, 1) on basin (side B); hoplite (2, remains, naked, helmet, baldric, 1, holding, spear, shield: episema, lion, ?, 1, fighter, behind); hoplite (2, remains, himation, 1, helmet, 1, scabbard, 2, baldric, 1, holding, lance, 1, shield, episeme: circle, point, 3) Condition of the work: incomplete - several gaps on the basin Restoration: glued back together (except handle) - complete

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.