fibula
- Museum number
- 1920,1118.5
- Description
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Bronze thickened and lowered arch fibula with wide symmetrical catch-plate. Low and wide catch-plate, thick and slightly lowered bow, two-coiled spring. Incised decoration on the whole surface of bow: groups of encircling parallel lines except for six thin zones. Pin and catch-plate broken. Smooth green patina.
- Production date
- 8th century BC (swaddling)
- Dimensions
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Length: 8 centimetres
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Weight: 68 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Sestieri & MacNamara 2007
See in general Osteria dell’Osa 1992, 362, pl. 36, types 38n, 38o, 38p, phase IIB to period III. Prehistorische Bronzefunde XIV, forthcoming, XIII (78) B, no. 797, from Sala Consilina (Salerno), Campania, tomb A101, ‘Piccole fibule ad arco ingrossato con decorazione a spina di pesce’. Quattro Fontanili 1986, 78, fig. 19, type I 7, phases IC-IIA (close parallel).
See also Prehistorische Bronzefunde XIV, forthcoming, XIII (85) A, no. 1253, from Sala Consilina (Salerno), Campania, tomb S. Antonio 68, ‘Fibule ad arco ingrossato e ribassato con decorazione a fasce di linee incise, tipo S. Nicola’.
Bibliography: Bietti Sestieri 1986, ‘Fibulae’, 10, no. 32, and fig. p. 22.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1920,1118.5