Unknown artist, Etruscan

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.