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==Casuccini mirror== An [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] [[bronze mirror]] from [[Chiusi]] (''ca.'' 300 BCE), the so-called Casuccini mirror, may depict Inuus. The scene on the back is a type known from at least four other mirrors, as well as [[Engraved gem|engraved Etruscan gems]] and [[Red-figure pottery|Attic red-figure vases]]. It depicts the oracular head of [[Orpheus]] ([[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] ''Urphe'') prophesying to a group of figures. Names are inscribed around the edge of the mirror, but because the figures are not labeled individually, the correlation is not unambiguous; moreover, the lettering is of disputed legibility in some names. There is general agreement, however, given the comparative evidence, that the five central figures are ''Umaele'', who seems to act as a [[Mediumship|medium]]; ''Euturpa'' (the [[Muse]] [[Euterpe]]), ''Inue'' (Inuus), ''Eraz'', and ''Aliunea'' or ''Alpunea'' ([[Palamedes (mythology)|Palamedes]] in other scenarios). The lovers in the pediment at the top are ''Atunis'' ([[Adonis]]) and the unknown ''Eβ¦ial'' where ''[[Turan (mythology)|Turan]]'' ([[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]) would be expected. The figure with outstretched wings on the tang is a ''[[Lares|Lasa]]'', an Etruscan form of [[Lares|Lar]] who was a facilitator of love like the [[Erotes]] or [[Cupid]]. The bearded Inuus appears in the center. Damage obscures his midsection and legs, but his left arm and chest are nude and muscled. On an otherwise very similar mirror, a spear-bearing youth replaces Inuus in the composition. No myth that would provide a narrative context for the scene has been determined.<ref>Richard Daniel De Puma and [[W. K. C. Guthrie]], "An Etruscan Mirror with the Prophesying Head of Orpheus," ''Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University'' 60 (2001) 19β29; Richard Daniel De Puma, ''Etruscan Mirrors'', Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum: U.S.A. 4: Northeastern Collections ("L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 2005), pp. 61β63.</ref>
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