lekythos

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; tongues; palmette and lotus bud (chain) on belly; departure of the warrior; hoplite (3, helmet, shield, episema: bird, dog, protome, holding, spear, greaves, alternating with); male figure (2, draped, spear) on belly (at the bottom); net (2) Condition of the work: incomplete - less the handle, the bottom of the belly and the foot - glued back together (belly, in numerous fragments)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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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