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Object Type: mirror
Museum number: 1867,1023.1
Description: Circular bronze mirror with incised decoration: Demeter embraces Persephone on her return from the underworld. Two women to either side hold an egg or fruit and a mirror. The names of all four women are inscribed in Etruscan: Thalana, Thanr (Persephone), Alprus (Demeter) and Sipna.
Cultures/periods: Etruscan
Production date: 350BC-325BC
Production place: Made in: Etruria (historic - Italy)
Materials: bronze
Technique: incised
Dimensions: Height: 27.75 centimetres
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Bibliographic references: Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan. (698)
Location: On display (G69/dc6)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2012 3 May-3 Sep, London, BM, G90, Picasso Prints: The Vollard Suite
Subjects: classical deity; classical mythology
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Thalana; Named in inscription & portrayed: Persephone/Proserpina; Named in inscription & portrayed: Demeter/Ceres; Named in inscription & portrayed: Sipna; Named in inscription: Alpnu
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rollin & Feuardent
Acquisition date: 1867
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1867,1023.1
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Feb 1998

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