Fibula (Pin)

48-2-176

From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-176
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic
Provenience Italy | Campania | Pompeii
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Spiral ornament from a fibula. Heavy bronze wire wound spirally. Green patina. Coil intact, but the end of wire is broken. Large coil of heavy bronze wire bulges slightly toward the center.

Thickness 0.3 cm
Outside Diameter 7.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 135 - Collector Number | L-2-271 - Old Loan Number

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