Silver fibula (safety pin)
Unknown
ca. 8th century BCE · Silver · Greek and Roman Art
The articulated bow-shaped fibula is well attested in Cyprus and the Levant, providing one of many indications for close relations between the island and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean during the later Geometric and early Archaic periods.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 8th century BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
