amphora

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Decoration: on shoulder; tabs; on belly (side A); departure of the warrior; hoplite (2, helmet, headband, greaves, shield, episema: circle, 1, leg, 1, standing, between); old man (2, beard, 1, headband, 1, himation, seated, on, base) on belly (side B); Dionysus and his thiase; Dionysus (beard, crown, leaf, chiton, himation, holding, kéras, between); satyr (2, nude, beard, 1, dancing, 1) under handle; plant motif (remains: palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: only the lower part of the belly and the foot remain - gaps - breaks - 1 joined fragment which is reattached to side B (head of a satyr) Restoration: reattached - 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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