Fibula (Pin)

MS770B

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS770B
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 19M
Date Made 799-700 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Fibula (of Leech Type). Solid bow, humped at the top; long pointed catch. Bow decorated on top with incised lines, vertical at either end, horizontal in the middle. Pin broken.

Length 5.1 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number 285 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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