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An item at Louvre

Decoration: on collar (bottom); garland (ivy leaf) on belly (front); painting (framed by, tabs, garland: ivy leaf); combat scene; warrior (2, helmet, cuirass, chiton, short, greaves, holding, shield, episema: leg, 1, scabbard, brandishing, sword, fighter, above); warrior (wounded, chiton: short, holding, ?, helmet, ?, lying down); right and left; man (2, himation, holding, spear) on belly (bottom); fillet Condition of the work: incomplete; less part of the mouthpiece; spalling; concretions; altered white highlights


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.