Leech Fibula with Long Catchplate
| Artist | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Basic Info | |
| Period | Orientalizing period |
| Created in | Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe |
| Century | 7th-6th century BCE |
| Culture | Italic |
| Dimensions | 1.6 x 5.4 cm (5/8 x 2 1/8 in.) |
| Harvard Museum | |
| Department | Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics |
| Division | Asian and Mediterranean Art |
| Contact | am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu |
Context
This small fibula is undecorated. The bow is comparatively thin, while the sheath catchplate is fairly long and rounded at the end to cover the tip of the pin (1). The spring coils three times before turning into the pin. NOTES: 1. Compare H. Donder, Die Fibeln, Katalog der Sammlung antiker Kleinkunst des Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg 3.2 (Mainz, 1994) 35, 38-39, and 63-70, nos. 19 and 36, pls. 4 and 7; and A. Naso, I bronzi etruschi e italici del Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Kataloge vor- und frühgeschichtlicher Altertümer 33 (Mainz, 2003) 242, nos. 429-30, pl. 102. Lisa M. Anderson
TechnicalDetails
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University