AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1999.87.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Anatolian; Phrygian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Asia Minor, Phrygia, late 8th-early 7th Century BC
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Title:
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Pair of Arched Fibulae
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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725-675 BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-725
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Creation End Date:
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-675
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Materials and Techniques:
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bronze
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Classification Term:
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Metalwork
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Creation Place:
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Asia Minor
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 6cm x 7.5cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1999.87.2
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Credit Line:
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John L. Severance Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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Dated to the time of king Midas, these fibulae may have been a matched pair. The type was popular and has been found throughout Anatolia and in Greece.In the 5th century bc the Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Phyrgian king Midas reigned in the late 8th century bc, and dedicated a throne to the oracle at Delphi. This is the earliest historical reference to the Phyrgians, a name given them by the ancient Greeks. The passage in Herodotus, taken together with archaeological finds in the Ionian Greek city states and on the Greek mainland, shows that Phyrgians and Greeks enjoyed close relations in the late 8th to early 7th centuries bc.
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Link to Work:
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CMA_.1999.87.1
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1999.87.2.TIF
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