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An item at Louvre

Decoration: interior (framing medallion); meander (including, crosspiece) interior (in medallion); sacrifice scene; young man (headband, himation, leading, ram, towards); interior altar (on basin); palaestra scene; athlete (remains, 3, holding, dumbbell, 1, pushing, ball, 1); pedotribe (himation, leaning on, stick); in the field; dumbbell (1); pickaxe; boundary stone on basin (side A and B); palaestra scene on basin (side A); athlete (3, holding, strigil, 1) on basin (side B); athlete (remains, 2, holding, javelin, 1) under handle; plant motif (palmette, scroll) Condition of the work: only part of the basin remains, composed of 3 joined fragments, including RS 251 which gives the three athletes on side A (exterior); concretions - very worn surface; 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.