Urartian Fibula
Dublin Core
Title
Urartian Fibula
Subject
bronze
Description
An elaborate bronze fibula from the Urartian civilisation which arose in the early Iron Age in the lands between the Caspian and Black Seas. It included parts of modern Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.
The bow is decorated with two raised discs and incised geometric decoration. The catchplate is broad and also incised with geometric patterns. The bow tapers into the spring coil which is four spirals. The pin is still intact. Six links of chain (each link being a length of metal wire twisted into four to six spirals) hang from the spring coil. Each 'link' in incised with reeded decoration.
Decoration:
Between the two discs are two sets of encircling lines fringed by a number of partially hatched small triangles. Between the second disc and the spring coil is a set of three more incised encircling lines. A herringbone pattern runs around the catchplate's edges. This pattern is fringed with incised triangles. The catchplate is also divided into two halves by a vertical central line. On either side of this line there is a series of partially hatched triangles.
The bow is decorated with two raised discs and incised geometric decoration. The catchplate is broad and also incised with geometric patterns. The bow tapers into the spring coil which is four spirals. The pin is still intact. Six links of chain (each link being a length of metal wire twisted into four to six spirals) hang from the spring coil. Each 'link' in incised with reeded decoration.
Decoration:
Between the two discs are two sets of encircling lines fringed by a number of partially hatched small triangles. Between the second disc and the spring coil is a set of three more incised encircling lines. A herringbone pattern runs around the catchplate's edges. This pattern is fringed with incised triangles. The catchplate is also divided into two halves by a vertical central line. On either side of this line there is a series of partially hatched triangles.
Creator
Urartian
Source
Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co, London, with funds from Mrs B Fletcher, Brisbane, 1984.
Date
800 - 600 BC
Format
102 mm
Identifier
84.009
Files
Citation
Urartian, “Urartian Fibula,” RD Milns Antiquities Museum Online Exhibitions, accessed April 24, 2024, https://uqantiquitiesonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/72.