Boscoreale, Villa Vona / bolt and fitting / Bronze / Copper / Iron

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1962
Object Name: bolt and fitting
Lot: Michigan State Millers' Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pins
Materials: Bronze; Copper; Iron
Length: 13.2
Width: 4.5
Weight: 241.9 g (two largest pieces)
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: In poor condition. Flaking rusted iron pin attached to fragmented fitting. Powdery green and gray, with a heavy encrustation of cement like soil.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Condition Notes: Bronze disease treatment, 1972.
Exhibition Title: Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1962
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1962/dsc_1498.jpg

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Full citation: "Boscoreale, Villa Vona; bolt and fitting; Bronze; Copper; Iron." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1962/dsc_1498.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.