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HoB 233: High-arched fibula. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
High-arched fibula
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 6661
- Museum Inventory No.
- 6661
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- M66.013
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Metalwork, Jewelry and Ornaments
- Metalwork Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W2.5 / S103 ca *95
- Findspot
- W2.5 / S103 Ca. *95
- Description
Bronze high-arched fibula with coil springs and part of catch plate preserved. Arch decorated with three biconical beads.
Hanfmann, "Sardis 1966," p. 36 and fig. 14. Sardis M8, cat. no. 670, p. 113 for description, discussion, and bibliography. Hanfmann and Mierse, SPRT, p. 24, fig. 29. See also Caner, Fibeln, p. 39, no. 69; and Sapouna-Sakellarakis, Die Fibeln.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.035, W. 0.046, H. of “beads” 0.01–0.015, Th. 0.003–0.01.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR