File:MET bronze mirror with Esplace Prumathe Menrva Hercle.jpg

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Etruscan bronze mirror in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
All the figures are identified by inscriptions engraved on the rim. They read, from left to right, Esplace (Asclepius), Prumathe (Prometheus), Menrva (Minerva), and Hercle (Hercules). This is one of only three preserved depictions of the story of Prometheus Unbound in Etruscan art. In addition, it is the only certain depiction of Asclepius, the god of healing, in Etruscan art.

Dimensions: Height 11 in. (27.9 cm); Diameter 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Date 3rd century BC
date QS:P,-250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/gr/original/DP251316.jpg
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