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No M 06
Bologna, Museo Civico CZ253 CM356 / I T 1073.
Bronze Etruscan Mirror from Arezzo.

Zeus is seated on a rock. He is represented almost facing, to the same scale as the surrounding standing figures. The right arm is hanging down, the hand grasping a thunderbolt. The left arm is extended obliquely upward, the hand holding a staff. The god has a close-cropped beard and wears his long hair loose. His dress consists of a himation, which covers the left upper arm. His Etruscan name is inscribed: TINA.

Athena is represented emerging from the head of Zeus, head and legs in profile to the right, the body almost facing. Her dress consists of a peplos. She wears a helmet, carries a shield, seen from the back, on the left arm and holds a spear in the right hand.

There are three other deities in the picture. On the right standing goddess, the arms extended obliquely upward with palms turned towards each other and extended fingers, and Hephaistos, characterised as such by the axe. Their Etruscan names are inscribe: THANR and SETHLANS. On the left side stands a goddess, holding the chest of Zeus. Her name is inscribed: THALNA.

As setting for the figures there are some rocks, some plants, a bird and, in the background of the picture, the clouds.

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