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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck (side A); palmette (alternating, frieze); on neck (side B); garland (ivy leaf) on shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); Dionysus (crown, beard, himation, holding, branch: point, bunch, on); mule (ithyphallic) on belly (side B); Hermes (beard, himation, boot, with wings, leading); woman (chiton, himation) under handle; plant motif (cross-hatching, palmette, 2, lotus flower, 5) on belly (bottom); band; radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the mouthpiece with part of the neck, the handles, part of the foot; numerous chips; erased white highlights; in a box with Cp 11017

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.