Lot Essay
For an identical example said to be from Ziwiye, now in the Metropolitan Museum, see no. 170b in Maxwell-Hyslop, Western Asiatic Jewellery, c. 3000-612 BC.
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CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
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A WESTERN ASIATIC SILVER FIBULA
circa 8th-7th century b.c.
The lozenge-shaped bow with a raised medial ridge, engraved lines along the ridge and at each point, the ends, round in section, with raised bead and disk moldings, the flattened catchplate folded over, with engraved lines suggesting the fingers of a hand, the heavy straight pin tapering at one end to a length of wire which wraps around the foot and coils back upon itself
1.3/8 in. (3.5 cm) wide
circa 8th-7th century b.c.
The lozenge-shaped bow with a raised medial ridge, engraved lines along the ridge and at each point, the ends, round in section, with raised bead and disk moldings, the flattened catchplate folded over, with engraved lines suggesting the fingers of a hand, the heavy straight pin tapering at one end to a length of wire which wraps around the foot and coils back upon itself
1.3/8 in. (3.5 cm) wide