Chimera of Arezzo

Three-quarter view of Chimera facing right. It's in a half-crouch, front legs outstretched. The lion's mouth is open as if roaring. A goat's head protrudes from the animal's left flank. It is turned away from the viewer and leaning to the side. Drops of blood flow from its neck. The lion's tail is a snake, curved up and over the lion's back. It grasps one of the goat's horns in its mouth. The lion's mane and a line of fur down its back stand up from its body and curved barbs.

Restored Etruscan hollow-cast bronze statue of the Chimera. It is inscribed TINSCVIL ("for Tinia") in retrograde on the right foreleg, a dedication to the Etruscan sky god. The front and rear left lower legs were broken off when the statue was uncovered and subsequently reattached. The snake tail is an 18th-century restoration. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze inv. no. 1.

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Image Source
Subjects
Chimera
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Agent
Unknown
Date
ca. 400 BCE
Culture
Etruscan
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. 78.5 cm, l. 129 cm
Inscription
TINSCVIL
Location
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Image Credit
Wikimedia: Sailko

Etruscan Bronze Mirror

Back of a bronze mirror, the metal has formed a green patina. Etched on it are the figures of two men. Left, a nude young man, his left foot resting on a rock, leans forward to grasp the handle of an amphora with his right hand. Across from him an older bearded man wearing a chlamys drinks from a double-handled cup in his left hand. In his right, he holds a staff or spear. A small fountain sits between them.

An Etrsucan bronz mirror, possible featuring Orpheus and Lynceus. The inscription, in Etruscan, read Lunc Urphen. Musée du Louvre inventory number MND 265, catalogue number Br 1726.

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Image Source
Musée du Louvre MND 265
Subjects
Orpheus
Lynceus
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Agent
Unknown
Date
ca. 325–300 BCE
Culture
Etruscan
Medium
Bromze
Dimensions
h. 22.3 cm, diameter 16.5 cm
Inscription
Lunc-Urphen
Location
Musée du Louvre
Image Credit
Wikipedia user Bibi Saint-Pol
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