fibula

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Object Type
Museum number: 1872,0604.729
Description: Oval fibula bow composed of three amber segments and two segments of gold leaf decorated with chevron hatching, fixed on modern wooden segments.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 7thC BC
Production place: Made in: Italy
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Palestrina
Materials: amber; gold
Dimensions: Length: 3.50 centimetres; Width: 2.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: Probably reconstructed by Castellani? de Puma, Richard. ‘Orientalizing Jewellery from the Tomba Galeassi at Palestrina.’ Italian Iron Age Artefacts in the British Museum. Papers of the Sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium, 1982, edited by Judith Swaddling. London: British Museum Publications Ltd, 1986, p. 383-392. Cf. Bordenache Battaglia, Gabriella with Paola Pelagatti. Gioielli antichi: dall’età micenea all’ellenismo. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 1980, no. 9.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1872
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1872,0604.729
Conservation

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