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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); painting (surmounted by, tongues); Herakles and the Nemean lion; Herakles (nude, scabbard, mastering); lion on belly (side B); painting (surmounted by, plant motif, degenerate); duel; amazon (?, headband, helmet, ?, chiton, short, belt, holding, shield, fleeing); hoplite (helmet, naked, greaves, scabbard, holding, shield, indented, episema: snake) on belly (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: whole; large chip (foot); pitting of the surface of the vase (belly); white highlights missing Restoration: completed (small area of ​​the lip and foot)

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.