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stamnos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); woman (remains, peplos, holding, torch, ?); on belly (side B); woman (remains, peplos); at the handle attachment; oves under the handle; plant decoration (palmette, scroll); on belly (at the bottom); meander (including, crosspiece) Condition of the work: there remain four non-joined fragments of the belly, some of which are recomposed from several joined fragments glued back together


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.