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amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; tongues (remains); on belly (side A); Herakles and the Nemean lion; Herakles (remains, headband, suffocating); lion; in the background; Athena (remains, aegis, chiton, holding, spear); in the field; club; himation; quiver; branch (of point) on belly (side B); Dionysus (beard, chiton, himation, seated, on, seat, holding, kéras, near); maenad (headband, chiton, himation); in the field; branch (of point) under handle; plant motif (remains, palmette, lotus flower) on belly (at the bottom); zone (2); lotus flower and bud (frieze); radiating edges Condition of the work: incomplete - only part of the body remains - gaps - breaks - 1 fragment completed on side A Restoration: glued back together - completed

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.