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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin; (side A and B); comos scene; on basin (side A); young man (himation); man (beard, himation, holding, skyphos, stick); krater (suspended); young man (himation, playing, aulos); on basin (side B); young man (himation, holding, strigil, ?); young man (himation, playing, rattlesnake); young man (himation, holding, skyphos) Condition of the work: there remain 2 non-joining fragments of the rim of the cup; one fragment is recomposed of 5 reattached fragments; one fragment is recomposed of 4 reattached fragments; gaps 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.