KE 1187+1188 (Late Antique Bronze Bow Fibula) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
Mi 300+301
Typological identification
Fibula
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 266, 270, no. 2171, pl. 113 (G. D. Weinberg)
Comparanda
cf. OlympiaIV, p. 184, no. 1145, pl. LXV (A. Furtwängler)
Comparanda
sim. Ke 1435+Mi 341
Preservation description
Four joining fragments, the bow plus the arm in two pieces (1187) and the knob-insert (1188), preserve most of fibula but interior bow broken and missing hinge, pin, and sheath. Very slight, sparse abrasion; very faint patches of green bronze disease; patches of oxidation across arm.
Preserved length
0.038
Preserved width
0.026
Material
Bronze (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
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Ke 1188+1187 (Late Antique Bronze Bow Fibula)