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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.572
Title
Bow Fibula Fragment
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
fibula, pin
Date
8th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessaly
Period
Geometric period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303948

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
3.4 x 5.4 cm (1 5/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The patina is a pale bluish green with burial deposits. The fragment is missing part of the catchplate and pin. The fibula was cast and then wrought to shape the spiral to the pin, now missing. Tool marks from finishing are evident on the edges. The surface design appears to have been engraved after casting.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Nagler
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.572
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
The fragmentary fibula is missing the pin and a small part of the catchplate at the upper corner. The cast decoration on the top surface of the body resembles that on similar fibulae from Pherai, Thessaly (1). From above, the pattern of decoration shows five sections created by four double borders placed longitudinally. The middle section contains three double lines running latitudinally. The sections on either side contain zigzag patterns.

NOTES:

1. Compare K. Kilian, Fibeln in Thessalien von der mykenischen bis zur archaischen Zeit, Prähistorische Bronzefunde 14.2 (Munich, 1975) 93, no. 1084, pl. 39.


Michael Bennett

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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