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Source Description
The quadruple spiral has a long history in the jewelry of Anatolia (present-day Turkey) and the Near East from around 3000 BCE. This variant was developed in Sicily and is found in numerous 8th-century burials in South Italy.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
32088
label
Quatrefoil Fibula
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
32088
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Quatrefoil Fibula
description
The quadruple spiral has a long history in the jewelry of Anatolia (present-day Turkey) and the Near East from around 3000 BCE. This variant was developed in Sicily and is found in numerous 8th-century burials in South Italy.
provenance
Private collection, Germany, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Fortuna Fine Arts Limited, New York, 1997; Walters Art Museum, 1997, by purchase.
date
9th-8th century BCE (Geometric)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
fibulae
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12
height
12
depth
2.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/4 x W: 4 3/4 x D: 7/8 in. (12 x 12 x 2.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
South Italic
med
bronze
creator_ids
3705
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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