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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (top); tongues on belly (top, side A); divine procession; introduction of Herakles into Olympus (?); Athena (peplos, himation, holding, reins, driving, chariot, in front); Herakles (leonte, quiver); female figure (remains, peplos, himation); in the background; female figure (peplos: embroidered, holding, crown) on belly (top, side A, ?); male figure (remains: head, beard, chiton, in front of); female figure (remains: head) on belly (top, side B); woman (remains: foot); hoplite (remains: greaves) on belly (in the middle); animal area; panther; ram; mermaid (remains: head, headband) Condition of the work: only one handle and part of the belly remain, composed of 4 non-joined fragments, one of which is composed of 3 glued fragments and another of 2 joined fragments

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.