amphora

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Decoration: on collar; palmette and lotus flower (remains, chain, double) on shoulder; tabs on belly (side A); gigantomachy; Athena (remains, helmet, chiton, himation, holding, shield, brandishing, spear, attacking); giant (remains, helmet, shield, episema: circle, brandishing, spear, between); giant (2, remains, helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, scabbard, holding, shield, episema, 1: leg, holding, spear, fleeing, 1) on belly (side B); combat scene; hoplite (remains, cuirass, chiton, short, shield, episema: circle, brandishing, spear, against); hoplite (remains, helmet, headband, beard, cuirass, shield, episema: tripod, fleeing, towards); young man (remains, chiton, himation, holding, spear); left; man (2, remains: foot, chiton, 1, greave, 1) under handle; plant motif (remains, crosspiece, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (at the bottom); meander; lotus flower (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the handles; half of the mouthpiece, neck and belly are completed in plaster; reattached; white highlights partly worn; chips

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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