amphora
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on collar; palmette and lotus flower (remains, chain, double) on shoulder; tongues (remains) on belly (side A); combat scene; woman (headband, 1, chiton, himation, embroidered, on either side of); hoplite (2, helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, embroidered, himation, embroidered, scabbard, holding, shield, episema: tripod, 1, circle, 2, brandishing, spear, fighter); hoplite (remains, helmet, cuirass, chiton, embroidered, baldric, scabbard, holding, shield, episema: garland, ivy leaf, brandishing, spear, kneeling) on belly (side B); hoplite (remains, helmet, shield, episema: bucranium, holding, spear, between); rider (2, remains, 1, headband, 1, chiton, short, 1, holding, reins, on, horse, facing) under handle; plant motif (dot, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (at the bottom); lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges (remains) Condition of the work: incomplete; less a large part of the neck, the handle B_A, half of the handle A_B, half of the foot; gaps; breaks; concretions; a joined fragment not glued back together (neck and handle) in a box; glued back together.
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.