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Etruscan

Mirror with tang, 375-250 BCE

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Description

Maker

Culture

Etruscan

Title

Mirror with tang

Year

375-250 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

Height: 23.1 cm (9 1/8 inches) (including tang)

Place

Fabriano

Type

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

23.350

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Bronze mirrors were used by Etruscan men and women for dressing and bathing. Many such mirrors have been found in graves, indicating the value their owners placed on them in their life — and afterlife. Mirror discs were frequently decorated on the reverse side with images taken from Greek mythology. This particular mirror has Etruscan inscriptions indicating that it depicts the god Achilles, flanked by his mother, Thetis, and Achuvisr, an Etruscan attendant to the gods. The inscriptions identifying the figures are believed to have been added after the mirror was complete.

Use

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