O FIBULĂ BIMETALICĂ DESCOPERITĂ LA LIPIA, JUD. BUZĂU.

In the article, the authors publish a bimetallic double loop bow fibula found at Lipia - Movila Oilor (Buzău county) in 2018. The fibula belongs to the type of double loop bow fibulae with an hourglass catch-plate and can be dated in the 8th-7th centuries BC. The fibula was analysed through X-Ray Fluorescence to determine the main components of the bronze alloy employed and through X-Ray Computed Tomography, which yielded results concerning the manufacturing of the fibula. The bow fibula was most likely manufactured through lost-wax casting, over an iron core; most likely, the loops, the catch-plate and the needle were also manufactured of iron, today no longer preserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]