Chemical Composition: XRF data from Tracer
Alloy: Bronze
Alloying Elements: copper, tin
Other Elements: lead, iron, silver, antimony
K. Eremin, January 2014
Technical Observations: The patina is a crusty brown and green layer over a smooth green and crystalline red cuprite surface; there are a few areas of shiny black, brown, and bare metal. Burial deposits are present at the catchplate. The fibula is largely intact, although half of one of the knobs is lost. The pin was reattached to the spring with a copper alloy solder or braising compound that is poorly aligned.
The bow of the fibula was cast and then wrought to shape the spiral and form the pin. The knobs are hollow domes that were cast separately with their round pins. They were attached to the fibula body mechanically by inserting the pins through holes and hammering them over.
Carol Snow (submitted 2002)
