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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.12.41.A
Title
Fibula Pin
Other Titles
Former Title: Wire Fragment
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
pin, fibula
Date
n.d.
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Find Spot: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Western Türkiye (Turkey)
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304112

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy
Technique
Hammered
Dimensions
6.1 x 0.3 cm (2 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The pin is largely mineralized and fragile. The wire was formed by hammering and is tapered at one end. The opposite end is a fractured surface. The secondary wire wrapped around one end is c. 1 mm in diameter. The patina is a rough, raised green corrosion layer.


Henry Lie (submitted 2012)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Brought from Sardis; by Frederick Marquand Godwin, New York, (by 1914), by descent; to his wife Dorothy W. Godwin, New York (1914-1964), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1964.

Note: Frederick M. Godwin was the photographer for the excavations at Sardis with Howard Crosby Butler in 1913 and 1914.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederick M. Godwin
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.12.41.A
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 fragment is probably the pin portion of a long fibula. The pin tapers to a point and curves slightly at the opposite end. Near the curved section, another piece of wire is wrapped around the pin in three coils.

This object is one of a number of surface finds collected by the Sardis excavation photographer in 1913-1914. Because the objects are unstratified, it is difficult to assign dates and parallels.

Lisa M. Anderson

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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