
Bronze Age
Fibula
Other: 1 7/8in. (4.8cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Material
- probablyMetalCopper and bronze
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4730, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 920, pp. 309-10, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5550, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4730
- Richter 1915, no. 920
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