Fibulae are made of four components, the body, pin, spring, and hinge.  Decorations are located along the body.  This object is an improvement over a straight pin because of the clasp and the curved body.  Diffferences in style may be indications of different periods, or of individual style.

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
409 (none) (none) (none) Bronze fibula. Broken. Poor condition. 9th-5th cent BC type. [drawing 1:1]
801 (none) 1923,1110.172 (none) Bronze fibula. Pin missing. Regular Persian period type. [drawing 1:1]
2518 (none) (none) (none) Bronze safety pin. Pin missing, back only. [drawing]
6679A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 bronze fibulae. B.
6683A 98-9-66 (none) (none) [A-B] 2 fibulae. Bronze. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing 1:1]
6683B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 fibulae. Bronze. Neo-Babylonian. [drawing 1:1]
7501 (none) (none) (none) Fibula. Bronze. Semi-circular, ribbed holder, each rib divided into 3 small bands. Clasp cracked at one end. [drawing 1:1]
14425A 98-9-75 (none) (none) Copper fibula. Hoop spiral. Type 3. [drawing 1:1]
14428A (none) (none) (none) Bronze fibula. Hoop spiral. [Type 3] Same as G.77(4) [drawing 1:1]
14431A (none) (none) (none) Bronze fibula. Type same as U.14428.
16204 (none) (none) (none) Bronze Fibula. Persian period. Type 4.[drawing 1:1]
16219A 31-43-165B (none) (none) [A] Fibula, bronze. Slender type. Pin broken: with it [B] 11 beads of carnelian, lapis, agate, band sard. [drawing 1:1]
16713 (none) (none) (none) Bronze Fibula. Spiral bodied holder. [drawing 1:1]
16733 (none) (none) (none) Bronze Fibula. Spiral holder.
16744 (none) 1931,1010.274 (none) Bronze fibula. [drawing 1:1]
16784 (none) (none) (none) Bronze Fibula. [drawing 1:1]
16799A (none) (none) (none) [A] Bronze Fibula. [drawing 1:1] And [B] 1 plain bronze earring - circular, ends touching and tapering.
17022 (none) (none) (none) Fibula. Copper. Type same as U.16744.
17035 31-43-239 (none) (none) Fibula copper. [drawing 1:1]
17382 31-43-546 (none) (none) Fibula. Copper. [Type] 3. [drawing]
17414 31-43-238 (none) (none) Fibula. Copper. [Type] 3. [drawing 1:1]
17423 (none) (none) (none) Fibula. Copper. Stem of pin missing. 2 [number or typology?] [drawing 1:1]
17425 (none) (none) (none) Fibula. Copper. [Type] 2. [drawing]
18272A (none) 1933,1013.171 (none) Group: (A) Copper fibula thus [reference to drawing]. Complete. [drawing 1:1] (B) Beads. A string of carnelians, strip, double conoids and date shaped. (C) Beads mixed string = glazed scaraboid engraved shell roundel, paste (blue) date shaped and cylinders, glaze balls, variegated, marble date shaped etc. [drawing] (D) Beads: quantity of very small rings, red, white blue glaze, and some carnelians.
18111C (none) (none) (none) [A] Beads. Carnelian rings: amethyst double conoids, agate date-shaped and flat oval; blue paste date shaped; agate cylindrical; oval domical agate, large shell cylinder with roughly engraved winged gryphon? And minute carnelian balls, also [B] cylinder seal, glazed frit; a scorpion and a winged gryphon. Also fragments of a [C] copper fibula, bow type.
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