amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (side A and B); palmette and lotus flower (chain, double) on shoulder; tongues on belly (side A); hoplite (helmet, shield, greaves, holding, spear, between); warrior (Scythian, remains, alopekis); young man (chiton, himation) on belly (side B); satyr (remains, head, beard, foot); maenad (remains, chiton, foot) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, 3, lotus flower, 1) on belly (bottom); area (3); meander; lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete - less one handle and a large part of the belly (side B and under the missing handle) - breaks - gaps - 2 joined fragments side B 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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