amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; tongues (remains); on belly (side A and B); rider (2, chiton, helmet, cuirass, greaves, sword, shield, 1, holding, lance, 2, on horseback, near); dog (2, running) under handle; plant motif (palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (at the bottom); area (2, between, fillet); area of ​​animals (wild boar, 3, lion, 4); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the neck; a handle and 4 joined fragments complete the shoulder; concretions; gaps on the belly; in two pieces.

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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