The earliest evidence of a culture that is identifiably Etruscan dates from about 900 BC. After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered at its greatest extent, roughly what is now Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Lazio, as well as what are now the Po Valley, Emilia-Romagna, south-eastern Lombardy, southern Veneto, and western Campania. On the handles in relief, heads of Io with black hair.The Etruscan civilization was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. Below, also arranged symetrically, a woman approaches on eighter side, holding a mirror and an oinochoe. Above, on either side is a seated youth holding a box the one on the left also holds grapes. Reverse: naiskos with a statue of the deceased woman holding a wreath, a long sash, and a flower.

On the handles, in relief, heads of Io with blonde hair. On the neck: frontal head of a woman wearing a Phrygian cap emerging from a blossom, surrounded by flowers and tendrils. In the same register, at the extreme left, a young Pan, leaning on a rock, observes the scene. Athena is attended by two youths, who, like Paris, are in Eastern costume. Athena, directly below Paris, is also seated, leaning on her shield, wearing her helmet and holding a large phiale. Hera, holding her scepter is seated in the upper right on a rock. Aphrodite, accompanied by Eros is in the upper left, seated beside a large box, holding a wreath and a mirror. He listens to Hermes, standing to his right, who has brought the three goddesses to him to be judged. The Trojan prince is seated in the center, dressed in Eastern garb.

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