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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); net; in medallion; woman (remains, crown: leaf, chiton, running) on ​​basin (side A); Oedipus and the sphinx; sphinx (crown: leaf, embracing); Oedipus (crown: leaf, naked, from behind, lying down, between); young man (4, remains, crown: leaf, 3, naked, himation, running) on ​​basin (side B); comos scene; comaste (remains, naked, leaning, towards, stamnos, between); comaste (4, remains, crown: leaf, 3, naked, holding, wineskin, 1, kéras, 1, rattlesnake, 1, dancing) Condition of the work: incomplete; less the foot, a handle and part of the basin; the New York fragment (NY 1975.167.2) composed of 6 joined fragments is integrated into the cup and completes the sphinx attacking a man (side A); the New York fragments (NY 1976.20.1 al) are integrated into the cup.

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.