amphora

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Decoration: on shoulder; tongues (remains); on belly (side A); death of Priam; Neoptolemus (?, remains, chiton, short, attacking); Priam (remains, chiton, seated, on, altar, between); woman (2, remains, chiton, himation); in the field; branch (of point, bay) on belly (side B); maenad (remains, pardalide, chiton, near); man (remains: foot) on belly (at the bottom); area (2, between, fillet, 2); lotus flower (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete - only a large part of the belly remains - breaks - gaps - concretions Restoration: glued back - completed

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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