Belt Buckle
JewelryByzantine5th-6th century

Belt Buckle

5th-6th century

Classification
Jewelry
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Brass
Culture
Byzantine
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Century
5th-6th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.45 x 3.18 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Richard R. Wagner, gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1968.

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