Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna: bronze mirror, from the Arnoaldi necropolis, tomb 104.Etruscan mirrors consist of a bronze disk well polished on the side intended to reflect the image and often decorated on the back with engravings, or more rarely with reliefs, representing toilet scenes or mythological figures.This example comes from a rich female tomb that unfortunately reached us already looted, perhaps in Roman times.The decoration is made on both sides: on the reflecting side there is an engraved palmette, at the bottom, and two concentric bands, along the edge; on the back of the mirror there is a warrior dressed in a tunic and pointed shoes, and with a skullcap helmet, intent on playing the horn. On the sides of the warrior there are two monsters of a fantastic nature.The mirror is considered to be of Etruscan type and of Bolognese production, then decorated by an artist from the Veneto-Alpine area, inspi
