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Gold bow shaped fibula, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot jewelry
Gold bow shaped fibula, Late Bronze Age III Cypriot, c. 1100–1050 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1888.1197 Other IDs: AN1896-1908 AE.323 (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Late Bronze Age III

Gold bow shaped fibula

Gold bow shaped fibula Dimensions: 2.8cm (height)4.5cm (length) Object Type: personal ornament > jewellery > brooch > fibula

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Material
MetalGold
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1100 - 1050 BC
Findspot
Palaepaphos

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Provenance

  • Paphos, Kouklia, Palaepaphos (tomb 2) (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1888.1197, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format)
AN1896-1908 AE.323, Ashmolean Museum

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