Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

LATE ETRUSCAN BRONZES.

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representing Demeter and Persephone, on the analogy of a mirror in Berlin
(Gerhard, Etr. Spiegel, iv. pl. 324, p. 62). On either side is a female figure,

seated on rocky ground, similarly attired ; the one on the r. inscribed dtlOU,

Sipna, holds up a mirror in r. hand ; the other, inscribed dHd'ldO, Thalana, an
egg or fruit. Round the design, an ivy-vvreath, springing from a palmette.

Length iof in. Ht. 6J in. 1867. Gerhard, Etr. Spiegel, iv. pl. 324 A ; Arch. Zeit. 1864,
Anzeiger, p. 299*. Late style. On the back, a palmette incised.

699. Lasa, Aphrodite, and Boy. On the 1. is a winged Lasa seated to r. on

an altar, on which is a small stele, holding up a flower in 1. hand, in r. a fruit ;
her hair is tied in a tuft at the back, and she wears earrings, necklace, armlet on
1. arm, and shoes ; beneath her is drapery. Before her stands Aphrodite, a
similar figure, but unwinged (armlet on r. arm, no drapery or earrings), holding
a spear in I. hand, the r. placed against the 1. thigh of Lasa. On the r. a boy,
perhaps Aeneas, moves away, looking back, as if startled ; he wears a conical
cap and shoes, and his 1. hand is raised.

Length 13J in. Diam. 7j in. Towneley Coll. (print in Brit. Mus.). Gerhard, Etr. Spiegel,
iii. pl. 251, p. 254 ; Vaux, Handbook to Brit. Mus. p. 422. Part of right side broken away, and
otherwise damaged a little. Round the design, laurel-wreath ; below, egg-pattern and laurel;
at the back, palmette and flowers. The handle ends in a roe’s head. Careful drawing.

700. Group of Etruscan Deities. In the centre stands Alpim, looking down
to 1., with fillet wound round her head, necklace, bracelets, and himation
over lower limbs ; behind her head is inscribed VD'WA She places 1. hand on
her hip, and her r. hangs by her side. Facing her is a man, whose head and
chest are obliterated ; he stands with 1. foot raised on a rock, with drapery over
1. thigh, and offers some object in both hands to Alpnu. Above him is inscribed
3-13... MVV, lum . ele (?). On the 1. sits Turms (Hermes), with petasos, chlamys,
and winged shoes ; in 1. hand he holds up his caduceus ; he is inscribed SH/iaVT.
Corresponding with him is Aplu (Apollo), on the r. with r. foot raised on a
rock, wearing a wreath, and chlamys on 1. arm ; he is inscribed V-l'M ; before
him is a star. In an exergue above is seen the radiated head of Helios to the
front between those of the horses of his quadriga ; in the lower exergue, a floral
pattern.

Length iG in. Diam. 7j in. From Castelgiorgio near Bolsena. Castellani, 1873.
Bull. dell' Inst. 1865, p. 168 ; De Witte, Castellani Sale Cat. (1866), p. 74, No. 341 ; Gerhard-
Korte, Etr. Spiegel, v. pl. 34, p. 43 ; Corssen, Sprache der Etrusker, i. p. 1006 ; Fabretti, 2094
bis B (= Suppl. iii. No. 311) ; Deecke, Etr. Forschungen, iv. p. 63 ; Bugge in Deecke’s Etr.
Forsch. u. Stud. iv. p. 15 ff. Broken intentionally with a chisel in several places ; the shading
indicated by fine hatched lines on the nude forms. Alpnu occurs on other mirrors (No. 698
and Gerhard, iv. 322-324 and 381) ; she is a combination of Aphrodite and Persephonfe. The
subject has also been interpreted as the meeting of Menelaos (. . . cle) and Heien (Alptiu).

701. Winged. Lasa. She stands to the front, holding an elaborate tendril in
either hand ; her hair is tied in a bow on the top of her head, and she wears
two pairs of armlets, shoes, and long girt chiton decorated with various