Harvard Art Museums > 1987.135.49: Stop-Disc Fibula Jewelry Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Stop-Disc Fibula , 1987.135.49,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/311854. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1987.135.49 Title Stop-Disc Fibula Other Titles Alternate Title: Fibula with Long Catchplate Classification Jewelry Work Type fibula, pin Date 6th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe Period Iron Age Culture European Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/311854 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Hammered Dimensions 10.9 x 3.5 x 0.6 cm (4 5/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/4 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is light to dark green. Some of the corrosion has spalled of at the bends in the wire, exposing the underlying dark brown metallic surface. The fibula is in fair condition, although the shape is distorted and it is corroded. The fibula was crudely hammered into shape, giving the wire an uneven thickness. There is a hammer mark to flatten the bow on the underside. The thin rectangular wire of the bow becomes rounded as it curves to become the pin. The surface is too corroded and pitted to see much. There are burial accretions, especially in the catchplate. Julie Wolfe Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Nagler Accession Year 1987 Object Number 1987.135.49 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums This wire fibula is formed from a single piece of metal. The wire is circular in section and forms a slightly misshapen loop (between 3.3 to 3.9 cm wide); in this case the bow is hammered flat before the catchplate. The catchplate is relatively thick, particularly on the upper portion closest to the juncture with the pin; it becomes flatter away from the bow, forming a long, tapering catchplate with a relatively narrow area to hold the pin. The fibula has no decoration. The lack of coil in this fibula is unusual but can be compared with fibulae from Hallstatt graves; these fibulae usually have a disc on the bow, which is absent here (1). NOTES: 1. Compare R. Hattatt, Brooches of Antiquity: A Third Selection of Brooches from the Author’s Collection (Oxford, 1987) 354-55, no. 013; and B. E. Glunz, Studien zu den Fibeln aus dem Gräberfeld von Hallstatt, Oberösterreich (Linz, 1997) 79-88, pls. 30.10-11 and 31.1-10. Lisa M. Anderson Publication History Julie Wolfe, "Analysis of Iron Age Bronze Fibulae from Southern Italy in the Collection of the Harvard University Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, June 1998), Unpublished, p. 1-14 passim. Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Related Works 1987.135.55 Stop-Disc Fibula Jewelry Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
