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Walters, Henry Beauchamp
Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum — London, 1899

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FIBULAE.

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2013. FIBULA. As before ; on the pin, a bead of variegated glass. Length 4j in. From the
neighbourhood of Rome, 1890. Tail-piece rather injured.

2014. FIBULA. Type as before ; oval tail-piece, on which are three bits of maeander incised in
stitch-pattern, within a border of the same ; oval flat bow, with incised chevron patterns, sur-
rounded by closely-set rings. Length 44 in. From the neighbourhood of Rome, 1890. Pin lost.

2015. FIBULA. As the last, but smaller ; the tail-piece is of spiral form, incised with lozenges
and border of chevron pattern ; along the middle of the bow is an additional row of rings.
Length 3^ in. Frorn the neighbourhood of Rorne, 1890. Pin lost.

2016. FIBULA. Type as before, with cross-piece at foot instead of the bent pieces ; bow
ringed. Length 2f in. Castellani, 1872.

2017. FIBULA. Type as before ; thc bow formed of flat discs in fives alternating with pieces
of arnber ; on the tail-piece, incised patterns. Length 6 in. Hamilton Coll. Pin lost.

2018. FIBULA. Type as before ; bow curving downwards to head, and joined to foot by
upright piece and spiral ; foot in forrn of spiral coil. Length 2j in.

2019. FIBULA. Type as before ; tail-piece of spiral form. Length 4J in. Frorn Ruvo.
Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

2020. FIBULA. As before ; on the upright piece and the bow are moulded rings ; tail-piece
lost. Length 4! in. Hamilton Coll.

2021. FIBULA. Foot as before, ending in a flat spiral, joined to the bow by a ringed upright
piece and a spiral ; the bow curves downwards and has moulded rings along it ; at the head is
a large spiral. Length 5| in. Towneley Coll. Cf. Beitr. z. Anthr. u. UrgescJi. Bayerns, iv.
(1881), pl. 3, fig. 7.

2022. FIBULA. Type as last, the bow plain and the tail-piece more as in the previous examples.
Lcngth 5f in.

2023. FIBULA. As the last. Length 3J in. Hamilton Coll. Pin broken.

2024. FIBULA. Type probably as No. 2008, but the foot is lost and also thc tail-piece.
Length 3 j in.

2025. FIBULA. Bow as in fibulae of snake-type (as Nos. 2026-2047 below), with two spirals ;
foot and tail-piece as before. Length 4* in. Castellani, 1872. Pin lost.

2026. FIBULA. Snake-type ; foot as
No. 2008, with tail-piece ; the bow is
ringed with discs and at the head is a
large spiral. Length 5f in. Payne
Knight CoII.

2027. FIBULA. Snake - type, with
large oval tail-piece to foot. Length
io| in. Hamilton Coll. Pin and
spiral lost.

2028. FIBULA. Variety of the snake-
type, with tail-piece ; the bow has three
spiral twists. On the pin are six bea
other examples. Length 2j in. From

Fig. 35= No. 2026.

is, alternately of amber and bluc glass. Tail-piece as
the neighbourhood of Rorne, 1890.

2029. FIBULA. Variety of snake-typc ; no spirals or tail-piece ; cross-piccc at the head ; foot
in fornt of sheath ; on the bow a conical piece surrounded by knobs. Length 3J in. From
the neighbourhood of Ronte, 1S90. Patina.
 
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