Fibulae (safety pins)

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Object Type

Jewelry

Material

Metal

Country of Origin

Iraq

Credit

Field Museum of Natural History [236546.nosub[1]]

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Import restricted since 1990, section III.E.2.d of 2008 designated list.

Date: beginning in Iron Age (c. 1200-330 BC)

Fibulae (triangular safety pins for garments) appear in the 1st millennium BC and become standard ornaments thereafter.

> CPIA Import Restriction Designated List

> Emergency Protection for Iraqi Cultural Antiquities Act

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