Brooch (leech)

Zichy Collection

Accession Nr.: 8324
Type: bronze, lead, gold and silver; archaeological artifacts
Date of production:
8th–6th century B.C.
Materials/Techniques: bronze
Dimensions: height: 1.5 cm
width: 0.5 cm
tűvastagság: 0.1 cm
length: 3.5 cm
Nearly intact, solid leech brooch, bow slightly raised and expanded. It features a deeply incised decoration on upper side of bow: a composition of three lines. Its catchplate is partly broken.

Leech brooches from Baksan and Chegem Valleys but in slightly different style: 8321, 8322,8323, 8326.