mirror
- Museum number
- 1998,0317.1
- Title
- Object: The Macnamara Mirror
- Description
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Engraved mirror with bone handle. The engraved scene shows two male and two female figures in front of a colonnaded building, the central couple are embracng. The bone handle slots into the bronze terminal in the form of a rams head.
- Production date
- 350BC-300BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 17.70 centimetres
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Height: 31.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- J.Swaddling, P.T.Craddock, S.La Niece and M.Hockey, 'Breaking the mould: the overwrought mirrors of Etruria', pp.117-140 (esp.pp.127-8 on The Macnamara Mirror) in Ancient Italy in its Mediterranean setting, Studies in Honour of Ellen Macnamara, ed. D. Ridgway et al, 2000. Accordia Specialist Studies on the Mediterranean, vol.4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1998,0317.1