amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on neck (side A and B); palmette and lotus flower (chain, double) on shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); Ajax carrying the body of Achilles; Achilles (remains, helmet, breastplate, shield, episema, protome: lion, circle, 2, death, between); woman (remains: head); old man (remains, head, beard) on belly (side B); zither (remains) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette) Condition of the work: only the neck, a handle and part of the shoulder remain - breaks - chip (mouthpiece) - concretions Restoration: glued back on

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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