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        "tombstone": "Mirror with Engraved Scene: Man Threatening Child (Telephos and Orestes?), c. 330\u2013300 BCE. Italy, Etruscan, probably Praenestine. Bronze; overall: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Huntington, 1920.170",
        "current_location": "102D Pre-Roman",
        "title": "Mirror with Engraved Scene: Man Threatening Child (Telephos and Orestes?)",
        "creation_date": "c. 330\u2013300 BCE",
        "creation_date_earliest": -330,
        "creation_date_latest": -300,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "Italy, Etruscan, probably Praenestine"
        ],
        "technique": "bronze",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Greek and Roman Art",
        "collection": "GR - Etruscan",
        "type": "Metalwork",
        "measurements": "Overall: 33 cm (13 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "length": 0.33,
                "length_inch": 13,
                "length_inch_fraction": 0.0
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 309838,
                    "title": "Mirrors: Art and Symbol",
                    "description": "<i>Mirrors: Art and Symbol</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 3-November 18, 1984).",
                    "opening_date": "1984-07-03T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [],
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        "did_you_know": "The largely unadorned front side of this mirror would have been highly polished and reflective.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "Cast in one piece, this bronze mirror features a handle terminating in a stylized deer head. The front side of the disc, once highly polished and reflective, would have served as a mirror, while the reverse\u2014now on display\u2014features an engraved figural scene. Best observed with the aid of a <a href=\"http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159824\">line drawing</a>, this shows a bearded man holding a small child whom he threatens with his sword. Although it lacks inscriptions and certain expected iconographical features, this scene may represent the wounded warrior Telephos holding the young Orestes hostage as he sought a cure for an unhealing wound. The older woman kneeling at right may be the boy's nursemaid, while the nude young woman restraining the man could represent Lasa, an Etruscan nymph-like guardian figure.",
        "external_resources": {
            "wikidata": [
                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60748969"
            ],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1920.170-mirror-with-engraved"
            ]
        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 7, no. 7 (1920): 109-10.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 109",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136400"
            },
            {
                "citation": "De Puma, Richard Daniel. \"A Fourth Century Praenestine Mirror with Telephos and Orestes.\" <em>Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts Roemische Abteilung </em>87 (1980): 5-28.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": null
            },
            {
                "citation": "De Puma, Richard Daniel. \"Greek Myths on Three Etruscan Mirrors in Cleveland.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 7 (1983): 290-302.",
                "page_number": "Discussed pp. 296-301, figs. 17-21.",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159824"
            },
            {
                "citation": "De Puma, Richard Daniel. <em>Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum, U.S.A. volume 1: Midwestern Collections</em>. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1987.",
                "page_number": "Pp. 28-29, 112-116 (cat. 14, figs. 14a-e).",
                "url": null
            }
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        "date_text": "c. 330\u2013300 BCE",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 05:28:29.143000"
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