Mirror

Museum number:
8-230b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
242 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mm
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Syria
Verbatim coll. place:
Syria
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Metal
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mirrors
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
diameter 5.35 centimeters and width 1 millimeters
Comment:
Richard De Puma (1995) describes the object as "very probably Etruscan
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mmHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mmHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mmHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mmHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mmHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mirror, accession number 8-230b, described as Bronze mirror; slightly concave; green patina on both sides, patina forms a circle approximately following the edge on the obverse; otherwise both sides undecorated; handle and tang missing (original card suggest they may have broken off, but it may also be because they were made of an organic material (wood) that has not survived; D 5.35cm; W 1mm

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