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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

1997. FIBULA. Leech-type(P); semi-circular bow, ornamented with incised rings andchevrons ;
spreading foot, bent round to form a sheath for the pin. Length 6y in. Hamilton Coll.
Pin lost.

1998. FIBULA. As the last; on the bow are incised twisted bands. Length 7 in. Ht. 4| in.
Towneley Coll.

1999. FIBULA. Leech-type ; on the bow, various patterns incised. Length 4 in. Hollis Coll
40. Pin broken.

2000.

2001.

2002.

2003.

FIBULA. Leech-type (?); semi-circular bovv, ringed. Length 5! in.

FIBULA. Semi-circular bow, with incised rings all round ;
spreading foot bent up into a sheath. Length 2| in. Towneley Coll.

FIBULA. Semi-circular bow, with punctured patterns alter-
nating with incised rings. Length 3J in. Hamilton Coll.

FIBULA. Semi-circularbow ; spreading foot ornamented with
punctures, bent up into a sheath. Length 12J in. Ht. 7f in. Be-
queathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

Fig. 33 = No. 2001.

2004. FIBULA. Semi-circular bow ; the pin works on a rivet and with the bow forms a pair of
pincers beyond the head ; sail-shaped foot, as early Greek type. Length 3J in. Blacas ColL,
1867. Probably of late, but pre-Roman, date. For similar fibulae, see Babelon and Blanchet,
Bronzes de la Bibl. Nationale, Nos. 1741-3 ; and Furtwaengler, Olympia, iv. p. 183, No. 1143.

2005. FIBULA. Semi-circular bow ani flat disc-shaped foot with a sort of hook attached to
the top ; at the head,. two spirals connected by a loop. Length 2 in. Hamilton Coll. 76.
Patina.

2006. FIBULA. Type as the last; on the foot, three con.
centric circles one side, two on the other, and one on each
side of the hook. Length IJ in. Payne Knight Coll.

2007. FIBULA. Semi-circular bow, with rings at intervals
and incised chevrons between ; on the pin, four rings ; the
foot ends in a flat oval disc with incised patterns. Length
5J in.

2008. FIBULA. Semi-circular bow ; foot formed of a piece
bent twice upwards, between which bends the pin passes ;
the foot terminates in a flat circular piece with a spiral curve
inwards like aleaf. Length 5 in. FromRuvo. Bequeathed
by Sir W. Temple, 1856. For this type of early Italian fibula, see Tischler in Beitr. zur
Anthropol. u. Urgescli. Bayerns, iv. (1881), p. 52.

2009. FIBULA. Type as last ; round the bow, rings incised. Length 3J in. Foot lost.

2010. FIBULA. Type as before ; at the head, a double spiral ; a ring is attached to the pin.
Length 2J in. Hamilton Coll.

2011. FIBULA. Type as before ; on the tail-piece are incised maeander crosses and lozenges ;
at the foot is a cross-piece with incised patterns ; the bow has been strung with amber beads,
but only one remains. Length 3J in. From the neighbourhood of Rome, 1890. Head and
pin and part of bow lost ; tail-piece injured. For the maeander patterns on fibulae of this type,
cf. Bertrand, Religion des Gaulois, p. 168, fig. 25.

2012. FIBULA. Type as before ; bow semi-circular, closely ringed, with a spiral coil round
the lower end ; on the pin, two rings ; on the tail-piece, lozenges and chevrons incised. Length
3i in. Frcrn the neighbourhood of Rorne, 1890. Tail-piece injured.