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    HoB 589: Bronze fibula. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bronze fibula

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
M65.005
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Metalwork, Jewelry and Ornaments
Metalwork Type
Jewelry and Ornaments
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building A
B-Grid Coordinates
W3 / S100 *99.3
Findspot
W3 / S100 *99.30 ⁓ west of Building A
Description
Copper alloy. Semicircular arc, flat on one side and convex on the other. Five groups of three rings on arc.
Dimensions
Span arc: 0.03, Th. 0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hanfmann, "Sardis 1965," p. 13; Sardis M8, cat. no. 675.
Author
GGD