Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Bronze
Object Type	Costume, Accessories::Fibula
Fragment Noted	true
Year Excavated	1969
Object Type (notes)	Bronze Fibula Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length of Clasp 0.020 m, Max. Pres. Length of Bow 0.028 m, Max. Pres. Height of Clasp 0.004 m, Bead: Max. Pres. Length 0.010 m, Pres. Width 0.005-0.008 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.005 m
Condition	Broken at both ends, seriously cracked and corroded.
Description	Fragment of fibula preserves flat clasp and portion of thin, wire-like bow, decorated with a bone bead. Clasp, now broken, was a thin, folded piece of metal, bow of same piece as clasp, is rectangular in section where it emerges from clasp, but at broken end is round in section. Strung on bow is one bone bead, almost green from contact with the bronze; it is trapezoidal in outline with upper edge cut diagonally, and bottom, smaller edge cut almost straight across, bottom edge is chipped and entire surface is very smooth.
Fabric Description	Bronze with bead of bone.
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1969033100