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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (side A); palmette and lotus flower (chain, double) on collar (side B); palmette (alternating, frieze) on shoulder; tabs on belly (side A); maenad (remains, headband, chiton, himation, on, mullet); right; mullet (remains: paw); in the field; branch (of stitch) on belly (side B); Dionysian scene; woman (maenad, ?, Ariadne, ?, headband, chiton, himation, embroidered, between); Dionysus (remains, crown: leaf, beard, chiton, himation, holding, keras); Hermes (beard, chlamys, boot, with wings); in the field; branch (of stitch) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, 4, lotus flower, 3) on belly (below); lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete; less handle AB and the area under the handle redone in plaster as well as a large part of the belly face A; gaps filled in plaster; reglued; chips (mouthpiece)

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.