Bronze fibula (safety pin) - image 1

Geometric III

Bronze fibula (safety pin)

Bow bent up at an angle, knob on top slightly flattened with a small collar; head formed by a spiral of one turn. Fibulas of this type are purely Cypriot. They were exported to the Aegean, Palestine, and the western Mediterranean. length 3 5/8in. (9.2cm)

Date

799 - 700 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5543

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4747, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 937, pp. 312-13, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 286, p. 175, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.