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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (on edge); net; interior (framing medallion); meander (remains); on basin; palestra scene (remains); athlete (bandeau, nude, holding, dumbbell, 2); athlete (bandeau, nude, facing); discus thrower (bandeau, nude, holding, discus); in the field; athlete's pack (suspended) flanking the handle; palmette Condition of the work: there remains a fragment of the edge recomposed of 3 joined fragments glued together including RS 462 which completes the athlete seen from the front and gives the jumper; gap filled in plaster

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.