Ornament
Bulla
MS865
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS865 |
Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
Locus | Tomb 43 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Description | Bronze. Broken. Fashioned from a single sheet of bronze doubled over and fastened with six rivets with large ball tops. Within the tube remains a piece of iron wire, 0.002m in diameter by which the bulla was suspended. |
Outside Diameter | 5.9 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
Other Number | 835 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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