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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; tabs; on belly (top, side A); woman (remains: head, headband); horse (remains: leg); hoplite (remains: greaves) on belly (middle); animal area; mermaid; animal Condition of the work: only 3 non-joining fragments of the belly remain; concretions

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.