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Text, Bronze fibula

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Bronze fibulae of this type have been found in tombs at Gordion, King Midas' capital, and were probably manufactured locally. 8th - 7th Century B.C. Probably Phrygian. Central Turkey. Fibulae. Metal fibulae, the ancestors of the modern safety-pin were popular items of jewellery in the early centuries of the 1st millennium B.C. They were often dedicated in temples or buried in tombs.

Bronze fibula

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Bronze fibula


Bronze fibula

Bronze fibulaBronze fibulae of this type have been found in tombs at Gordion, King Midas' capital,...

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