LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: LaTene

inventory 1940/27/ARC/2168 Generic Classification Clothing; metals; personal ornaments; grave goods Object/Document Fibula Typology/State Zoomorphic; La Tene II. Silver 8-B1.1 Matter/Support Bronze Engraving technique Molten Dimensions Height = 3.60 cm; Width = 1cm; Thickness = 0.80cm Fibula bridge: Length = 2.70 cm Description Bronze fibula with a bird-shaped bridge, decoration with incised lines on the neck, beginning of the spine and beak. The needle and spring are missing. It is a fibula of the La tène III type (Argente type C), which has been considered to represent a dove, which in the Celtic world was given healing properties. The analysis of its metallic components indicates that it is a ternary bronze with a high lead content and also the presence of iron and antimony. This type of zoomorphic fibulae is more frequent in the Meseteño areas than in the Iberian ones. Dove iconography Dating 300[ac]=201[ac] (S. III a.C.) Cultural Context/Style Celtiberian culture Place of Origin Arcobriga Necropolis, Monreal de Ariza (Calatayud (region), Zaragoza) Specific Place/Arcobriga Necropolis Site History of the Object Collection: Cerralbo Reasoned Classification The fibula was analyzed in September 2011 by X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) with an INNOV-X Alpha spectrometer with the number PA20632, by Ignacio Montero, scientific researcher at the CSIC. Cataloger Protohistory and Colonizations Text from: ceres.mcu.es/pages/Main

inventory 1940/27/ARC/2168 Generic Classification Clothing; metals; personal ornaments; grave goods Object/Document Fibula Typology/State Zoomorphic; La Tene II. Silver 8-B1.1 Matter/Support Bronze Engraving technique Molten Dimensions Height = 3.60 cm; Width = 1cm; Thickness = 0.80cm Fibula bridge: Length = 2.70 cm Description Bronze fibula with a bird-shaped bridge, decoration with incised lines on the neck, beginning of the spine and beak. The needle and spring are missing. It is a fibula of the La tène III type (Argente type C), which has been considered to represent a dove, which in the Celtic world was given healing properties. The analysis of its metallic components indicates that it is a ternary bronze with a high lead content and also the presence of iron and antimony. This type of zoomorphic fibulae is more frequent in the Meseteño areas than in the Iberian ones. Dove iconography Dating 300[ac]=201[ac] (S. III a.C.) Cultural Context/Style Celtiberian culture Place of Origin Arcobriga Necropolis, Monreal de Ariza (Calatayud (region), Zaragoza) Specific Place/Arcobriga Necropolis Site History of the Object Collection: Cerralbo Reasoned Classification The fibula was analyzed in September 2011 by X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) with an INNOV-X Alpha spectrometer with the number PA20632, by Ignacio Montero, scientific researcher at the CSIC. Cataloger Protohistory and Colonizations Text from: ceres.mcu.es/pages/Main

Sword with Three Mounts, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Iron Age (La Tène) Celtic Iron blade, copper alloy hilt and scabbard; L. 19 3/4 in. (50 cm) Rogers Fund, 1999 (1999.94a-d) This magnificent anthropomorphic Celtic sword is also one of the best preserved. The beautifully modeled head that terminates the hilt is one of the finest surviving images of a Celtic warrior. The human form of the hilt—appearing as a geometric reduction of a classical warrior—must have been intended to enhance the power of the owner and to bear a talismanic significance. The face is emphatically articulated with large almond eyes, and the head with omega-shaped and finely drawn hair. Although the scabbard has become amalgamated to the iron blade, affecting parts of the surface, its ornamentation and the exquisitely worked hilt make the whole an evocative statement about the technical ability of the Celts, the powerful conquerors of ancient Europe. The sword is of a type associated with the La Tène culture, named after the important Celtic site on Lake Neuchâtel in present-day Switzerland and eastern France. Other related anthropomorphic swords from diverse finds in France, Ireland, and the British Isles demonstrate the expansion of the Celts across Europe. As the first such example in the Museum's collection, the sword is a superb and singular example that richly adds to a select group of Celtic works of art. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=17&vie...

Sword with Three Mounts, mid-1st century B.C.; Late Iron Age (La Tène) Celtic Iron blade, copper alloy hilt and scabbard; L. 19 3/4 in. (50 cm) Rogers Fund, 1999 (1999.94a-d) This magnificent anthropomorphic Celtic sword is also one of the best preserved. The beautifully modeled head that terminates the hilt is one of the finest surviving images of a Celtic warrior. The human form of the hilt—appearing as a geometric reduction of a classical warrior—must have been intended to enhance the power of the owner and to bear a talismanic significance. The face is emphatically articulated with large almond eyes, and the head with omega-shaped and finely drawn hair. Although the scabbard has become amalgamated to the iron blade, affecting parts of the surface, its ornamentation and the exquisitely worked hilt make the whole an evocative statement about the technical ability of the Celts, the powerful conquerors of ancient Europe. The sword is of a type associated with the La Tène culture, named after the important Celtic site on Lake Neuchâtel in present-day Switzerland and eastern France. Other related anthropomorphic swords from diverse finds in France, Ireland, and the British Isles demonstrate the expansion of the Celts across Europe. As the first such example in the Museum's collection, the sword is a superb and singular example that richly adds to a select group of Celtic works of art. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=17&vie...