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Object Number 40-77-40/10967
Display Title Fibula
Descriptions
Object Description Bronze fibula of Middle La Tene character. Foot bends back to grasp wire bow, and is decorated only with small hatches. The spring is a simple 2-pin affair, the prototype of the "crossbow". 7 x 1 x 3 cm.
Inventory Description Metal, personal, ornament, wire fibula, hatched foot bends back, short spring
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 120
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 x 2.6 x 1 cm (2 9/16 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/10967
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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