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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on belly (side A); assembly of gods; woman (remains, chiton, himation); Dionysus (remains, chiton, himation); Athena (remains, helmet, chiton, himation, holding, shield, spear); Hermes (remains, himation, boot) on belly (side B); Dionysian scene (?); woman (maenad, ?, remains, chiton); man (remains: leg); man (Dionysus, ?, remains, chiton, himation); in the field; branch (of point, bunch) on belly (at the bottom); zone (3, between, net, 2); stylized pomegranates; lotus flower (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: only a large part of the body remains - 3 non-joining fragments give the heads - breaks - gaps - concretions Restoration: glued back together

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.