The Etruscan World (Routledge Worlds)

• chapter 58: Mirrors in art and society –

the other mirrors with this subject, it was elaborately decorated, larger than usual, and

surely expensive. It would have been an appropriate wedding gift, perhaps from the

bride’s parents, that would have reminded her of her duties and the expectations of

her new role in society, a useful gift that she would have treasured throughout her life,

taking it with her to the afterlife.^53

Figure 58.17 “Oracular Head of Urphe,” so-called Casuccini Mirror, from Chiusi, circa 300 bc. (Siena,
Museo Archeologico, inv. 176). From R. Bianchi Bandinelli, “Clusium,” Monumenti antichi 30, 1925,
cols. 545-46, Fig. 10.

Figure 58.18 “Oracular Head of Urphe,” provenance unknown, circa 300 bc. (Princeton University

Art Museum, inv. 1998-46. Gift of Gillett G. Griffi n in honor of J. Robert Guy). From De Puma 2005,

no. 45. Drawing by the author.