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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar; lotus flower (frieze); on shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); departure in chariot; hoplite (remains, shield, episema: circle, 5, near); charioteer (remains, xystis, belt, holding, reins, driving); quadriga (horse, 4, harness); in background; woman (remains, chiton, embroidered); on right; man (remains, himation, chiton, sitting, on, stool) on belly (side B); warrior's armament; hoplite (chiton, short, belt, greave, 1, putting on, greave, between); hoplite (helmet, greave, holding, spear, shield, episema: snake); Athena (helmet, chiton, holding, spear, shield, episema: leg); in field; helmet under handle; plant motif (remains, crosspiece, palmette, 4, lotus flower) on belly (bottom); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less the handles and the foot; gaps on the belly completed in plaster; glued back on; chips on the mouthpiece; worn white highlights

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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.