amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); Herakles and the Nemean lion; Herakles (remains, beard, naked, half-reclining, suffocating); lion; in the background; tree on belly (side B); Herakles and the Erymanthian boar; Herakles (remains, naked, attacking); boar; in the field; himation under handle; plant motif (remains) on belly (at the bottom); zone (2, between, fillet); lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: only the bottom of the belly remains - breaks - gaps - concretions - salts (side A) Restoration: glued back - 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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