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1884.79.123

Bronze fibula fragment

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1884.79.123

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze fibula fragment
Long description
Bow of bronze fibula with coil to one side, ornamental band and bifurcated end (broken)
Geographical reference
Europe
Europe
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: 650-550 BC Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected
?By 1879
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal
Dimensions
Length: max 59 mm, Width: max 25 mm, Depth: max 9 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.79.123 PR no.: 169/ 9680 169/ 1680
Research and responses

This object was probably among those purchased by Pitt-Rivers at a Sotheby auction on 2 July 1879, but is not listed individually in the catalogue. [Dan Hicks 22/07/2013]

Associated publications
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge 1879. Catalogue of Antiquities and Works of Art including the collection of the Baron Heath...and the Musuem of Romano-British pottery and Roman personal ornaments formed by the late Mr James Medhurst of Worthing and Weymouth; comprising vessels in terra-cotta, bronze figures &c., cinerary urns, early Roman implements, beads, Roman coins...(1-2 July 1879). London: Dryden Press (Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge). I have placed a copy of this catalogue on file in the RDF for 1884.2.1 [Dan Hicks 19/07/2013]

Search terms: Ornament, Buckle

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