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        "tombstone": "Fibula with Solar Design, c. 700\u2013675 BCE. Greece, Boeotia. Bronze; overall: 15.4 x 11.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.9",
        "current_location": "102B Greek",
        "title": "Fibula with Solar Design",
        "creation_date": "c. 700\u2013675 BCE",
        "creation_date_earliest": -700,
        "creation_date_latest": -675,
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        "department": "Greek and Roman Art",
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        "type": "Metalwork",
        "measurements": "Overall: 15.4 x 11.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 7/16 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
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                {
                    "id": 181802,
                    "title": "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                    "description": "<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).",
                    "opening_date": "2006-06-09T00:00:00"
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                "description": "(Kunst der Antike, Basel, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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        "did_you_know": "A fibula is an ancient safety pin that held garments in place.",
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        "description": "The crescent body of this bronze fibula (brooch) features both incised and punched decoration. Three sets of three arrows have been interpreted as indicating the daily route of the sun, shown at the arc\u2019s center as a series of radiating punch marks within a shallowly incised circle. When worn, the arc may have hung downward, a large ornamental addition to the functional pin used to secure its wearer\u2019s clothing.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1999.9-fibula-with-solar-de"
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                "page_number": "Mentioned and illustrated, pp. 88-89.",
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                "citation": "Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 28 no. 8; Mentioned: p. 115, no. 8",
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