No M 05
Berlin, Staatliche Museen (?) Fr. 38, 2979.
Bronze Etruscan Mirror
Zeus is seated on a throne. He is represented almost facing,
to the same scale as the surrounding standing and sitting
figures. The right hand is resting on his thigh, grasping a
thunderbolt. The left arm is leaning on an arm-rail. The god
has a close-cropped beard and wears his long hair loose. His
dress consists of a himation, which covers his left arm. His
Etruscan name is inscribed in the edge: TINIA.
Athena is represented emerging from the head of Zeus, facing.
Her dress consists of a peplos and the aigis. She wears a
helmet, carries a shield on the left arm and holds a spear in
the right hand. Her Etrsucan name is inscribed in the edge:
MENFRA (?).
There are two other deities on each side of the picture. On
the right a standing goddess and a sitting young warrior.
Their Etruscan names are inscribed in the edge: UNI and PREALE.
On the left side are a goddess, leaning on the
back of the throne, and Ares, identified by the helmet and
the spear. Their Etruscan names are inscribed in the edge:
THALNA and LALAN.
The throne has legs, arm-rails and a back, and is decorated
with curls and other geometrical figures.
As setting for the figures there is a Ionian temple in the
background of the picture.
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