Crossbow Fibula

5th century (Early Medieval)

3.8 cm 6.5 cm 1.7 cm

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This crossbow fibula was found together with a buckle (Walters 57.664) and some glass beads in 1876 at Nagy-Várad, Hungary (Oradea, Romania). It is decorated with garnet settings, cast S-shaped scrolls and banding, and four animal headed terminals, the largest with garnet inla...

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[Found in Nagy-Várad (Grosswardein, Hungary, now Oradea, Romania), 1876]; A. Bolonyi, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Nagy-Várad Museum, Oradea (Romania), c. 1876, by gift; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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