Fibula

1st century BCE-1st century CE (Hellenistic-Roman Imperial) H: 1 5/8 in. (4.13 cm) (w.) Citation Source image

Found in France, this circular bronze fibula relates to a number of others found in various parts of the Roman Empire, often in Roman campsites and forts. The round body of the fibula narrows towards the opening, where the ends are recurved and terminate in flattened buttons....

Artifact

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19265
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object
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normalized
provenance
provenance
Bernard Poindessault, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, November 1970, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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1
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2480

Terms

Medium
bronze
Genre
fibulae

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