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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (bottom); net; on shoulder; man (3, draped) on belly (front); athlete (?, naked, holding, stick, ?, spear, ?, between); young man (2, draped, holding, stick, ?, spear, ?); in the field; fabric (?) on belly (bottom); net Condition of the work: incomplete - minus the top of the collar and the mouthpiece - varnish chipped in places - tears - chipped foot - concretions on the bottom of the belly

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.