Odysseus and Circe
- Title
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Odysseus and Circe
- Repository
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British Museum
- Alternative
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Mirror
Bronze 724
- Creator
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unknown
- Photographer
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Lowenstam, Steven
- Creator Display
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unknown Etruscan (artist)
- Description
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Bronze circular tanged mirror. Chased decoration. Edge has a channel between two rows of beading. Palmette motif on base of obverse. On the reverse, there is a border decoration of intertwined ivy trails. The main scene is of two confronted people - a naked standing man and a seated woman. They could be interpreted as Utuse (Odysseus) and either Kirke (Circe) or Antikleia, Odysseus' mother . The owner's name is inscribed vertically in the centre. --The British Museum
Walters, H B, Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan., I-II, London, BMP, 1899; Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum, London, BMP, 2002
- Inscription
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Inscription Type: inscription Inscription Position: Centrally positioned, witten vertically right to left, top to bottom Inscription Language: Etruscan Inscription Transliteration: mi than ( ) cvilus fulnial Inscription Translation: I belong to Thancvil Fulni --The British Museum
- View
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Front; Detail
- Coverage
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Italy (creation)
- Temporal
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400-375 BCE
- Subject
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Book 10
Circe
Odyssey I
- Style Period
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Classical
Etruscan (culture or style)
- Work Type
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mirrors
- Date
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-0400/-0375
- View Date
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1987-11
- Identifier
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Lowenstam_VRC_02174
- Item Locator
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Box 5, Section 22
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Local Collection Name
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Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Measurements
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Diameter: 15.3 cm Height: 20.2 cm Weight: 506 g
- Material
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bronze | chased
- Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Primary Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Cultural Context
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Etruscan (culture or style)
- Id Current Repository
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1868,0520.55