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accession number:	1952.259
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Mirror with Engraved Scene: Thesan and Memnun (Eos and Memnon), c. 470–460 BCE. Etruscan. Bronze; diameter: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); overall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.259

title:				Mirror with Engraved Scene: Thesan and Memnun (Eos and Memnon)
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creation date:			c. 470–460 BCE
creation date earliest:		-470
creation date latest:		-460
current location:		102D Pre-Roman
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Etruscan
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Etruscan
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mirrors: Art and Symbol
	opening date:   1984-07-03T04:00:00
	<i>Mirrors: Art and Symbol</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 3-November 18, 1984).

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "An Etruscan Mirror with Eos and Memnon." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 40, no. 2 (1953): 32-35.
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	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141857

	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: 	Mentioned, illustrated (Disc section) pp. 25-27.
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	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: 	Pp. 290-296, Figs. 1-5, 16.
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159824

	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. 29-30, Figs. 15a-f.
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	De Puma, Richard Daniel, "Eos and Memnon on Etruscan Mirrors," in <em>Murlo and the Etruscans: Art and Society in Ancient Etruria,</em> eds. De Puma, Richard Daniel, and Jocelyn Penny Small. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
	page number: 	Pp. 180-189, Fig. 16.13.
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	Carpino, Alexandra Ann. <em>Discs of Splendor: The Relief Mirrors of the Etruscans.</em> Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
	page number: 	Pp. 18-19, plate 18.
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