olpe

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Decoration: on mouthpiece (front); checkerboard; on neck (front); meander on belly; painting (framed by, frieze, palmette, surrounded by, stem, alternating with, palmette, reversed, point, staggered, line, vertical); warrior (helmet, breastplate, exomis, holding, spear, shield, notched, episema, in the shape of, bird, 2, flying, on either side of, point, central, walking, to the left, carrying, on, back); warrior (death, helmet, breastplate, exomis, himation, embroidered, carrying, on, back, shield, notched, episema, in the shape of, garland, ivy leaf) Condition of the work: part of the belly with part of the mouthpiece remains; glued back; in two fragments

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

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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.

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