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acetabulum

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on basin (at the top); net (2); on basin (between the handles); heron (stylized, file, to the right, flanked by); line (vertical, parallel, separated by, diabolo) on basin (below); net (14) on handle; net (2) Condition of the work: The object is incomplete; part of the rim of the basin and the bottom are missing; it has been glued back on and completely completed.

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.