• r8-hob-387-10
    HoB 387: Bronze fibula. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bronze fibula

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
M14.011
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Metalwork, Jewelry and Ornaments
Metalwork Type
Jewelry and Ornaments
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - South Side
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 - W24 / S114.5 - S116 *97.4 - 97.2
Findspot
W20-W24 / S114.5-116 *97.4-97.2
Description
Phrygian type bronze fibula fragments. Circular bosses that would have decorated the bow are preserved; also parts of a catch plate.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Cf. Caner, Fibeln, pl. 32.
Author
AR