Bronze mirror ca. 350–300 Etruscan Zipunu flanked by Prucnas and ThalnaEtruscan inscriptions identify the rather obscure characters depicted here. At the center is Zipunu, a lesser Etruscan goddess often associated with Turan (Latin: Venus). She is flanked by the obscure Etruscan heroes Prucnas and Thalna. The engraver paid meticulous attention to details of the eyes, hair, fingernails, footwear, jewelry, and musculature. The figures are set off against an unusual stippled Bronze mirror 251234 Etruscan, Bronze mirror, ca. 350?300 , Bronze, 9 1/4 x 6 11/16in. ( x 17cm
Bronze mirror ca. 350–300 Etruscan Zipunu flanked by Prucnas and ThalnaEtruscan inscriptions identify the rather obscure characters depicted here. At the center is Zipunu, a lesser Etruscan goddess often associated with Turan (Latin: Venus). She is flanked by the obscure Etruscan heroes Prucnas and Thalna. The engraver paid meticulous attention to details of the eyes, hair, fingernails, footwear, jewelry, and musculature. The figures are set off against an unusual stippled Bronze mirror 251234 Etruscan, Bronze mirror, ca. 350?300 , Bronze, 9 1/4 x 6 11/16in. ( x 17cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1922 ()
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