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Hook

Object Number:48-2-169
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Turkey (Country)
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Bronze
Length: 6.3 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number:200 - Collector Number
L-2-287 - Old Loan Number

Description

Light green patina with some buff residue. The wire, square in section, was bent at one end to form a large open hook hammered flat at the tip. The other end, pointed, was bent around to form a suspension loop.

Bibliography:

[Book] Warden, P. G. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, no. A29View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Thesis] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 212, no. 218View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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