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Object Number 40-77-40/10479
Display Title Fibula, shield
Descriptions
Object Description Large bronze shield fibula. Bow is solid, leech-shaped w/ dorsal ridges. The foot bends back to join a large shield-shaped disk, which is joined on the other side to the bow. Shield is elaborately decorated w/ filligree. From the edge are bands of a "twisted rope" pattern; zigzag pattern; tangential cords & large spiral. Top and each junction point seems to have been set w/ a loop. 12 x 6 x 3.7 cm
Inventory Description Metal, personal, ornament, shield fibular, filagree design, leech shaped bow
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Vinica
Intrasite Grave 52
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm (4 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/10479; 60/52
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1906)

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