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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder (top); tabs on shoulder; banquet scene; banqueter (remains, 5, beard, 3, himation, half-reclining, leaning on, cushion); banquet woman (remains, 2, headband, chiton, himation, holding, cup, 1, half-reclining, leaning on, cushion) on belly; palaestra scene; pedotribe (remains, 4, beard, himation, headband, 3, holding, stick, 3); athlete (remains, 6, beard, holding, javelin, ?, 1) Condition of the work: only part of the shoulder and the belly remains, composed of 5 joined fragments-concretions-chips-worn white highlights Restoration: glued back together

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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.

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