Accession No
1927.1245 A
Description
Copper alloy brooch with flat, rectangular foot decorated with lightly incised zigzags and terminating in the catchplate. Bow is parallel to the pin and has two convex discs, each decorated with parallel grooved lines and lightly incised zigzags.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Greece; Laconia
Period
Iron Age Geometric Period Early
Source
Ridgeway, William (Prof.; Sir) [bequeather]; ?Currely
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.1245 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
69mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
A: Bronze fibula with unilateral coils, from which the bow rises vertically, and then bends at right angles to run parallel with the foot; bow expanded and undulating, decorated with incised lines; square flat foot-plate similarly decorated. Boeotian derivative.
B: Finger-ring of bronze, spiral pattern
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
A: labelled " Laconia 1910 Currely" . B: Labelled " Laconia. Bo. Currely" Collected in 1910; Ref. Plate: 116 : c
Event Date 1910
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy brooch with flat, rectangular foot decorated with lightly incised zigzags and terminating in the catchplate. Bow is parallel to the pin and has two convex discs, each decorated with parallel grooved lines and lightly incised zigzags.
Event Date 13/5/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:49023
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