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Source Description
Fibulae (pins) with wire spirals were common in Greece, South Italy, and the Picene area of eastern Italy. The Italic examples, like this one, commonly have a separate clasp element to which the spirals are attached, while in the Greek examples the pin and catch are formed from the ends of the spiral wires themselves.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
33958
label
Spiral Fibula
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
33958
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Spiral Fibula
description
Fibulae (pins) with wire spirals were common in Greece, South Italy, and the Picene area of eastern Italy. The Italic examples, like this one, commonly have a separate clasp element to which the spirals are attached, while in the Greek examples the pin and catch are formed from the ends of the spiral wires themselves.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
9th-8th century BCE (Iron Age-Orientalizing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
fibulae
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.5
height
7.1
depth
2.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 2 3/4 x D: 1 3/16 in. (24.5 x 7.1 x 2.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Italic
med
bronze
creator_ids
3705
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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a2abe07ed45db64b
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no
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no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
4bf58761b7fd0c58
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no
hasDescription
no