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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2202.17
Title
Object with Eyelet
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Needle?
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
implement
Date
1st-5th century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98298

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
5.9 x 1 cm (2 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The patina is a greenish brown with red and green corrosion products. Minor losses to the edges and tip have occurred. The implement was rough cast and hammered into shape. Tool marks for rough shaping and finishing are evident on the surface.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harold Wilmerding Bell, Cambridge, MA (by 1911), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1911-1977), transfer; to the Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of H. W. Bell
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2202.17
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This short, tapering instrument has a flattened, terminal at one end, while the shaft tapers to a blunt tip. The flattened terminal has a small circular perforation.

David Smart

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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