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

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1963
Object Name: bolt in fitting
Lot: Michigan State Millers' Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pins
Materials: Bronze; Copper; Iron
Length: 16.4;
Width: ;
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;320 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Iron pin in bronze fitting, in poor condition. The pin has an oval hole punched through it near the tip, and has a circular head particularly missing. Pin is heavy, and bronze fitting is circular. Fitting has split and is covered by green, crystalline corrosion. The iron pin is flaky.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 31 - Locks & Bolts
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1963
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1963/dscn3874.jpg

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Full citation: "Boscoreale, Villa Vona; bolt in fitting; Bronze; Copper; Iron." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1963/dscn3874.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.