Latene type fibula; Celtiberian art, 3rd - 2nd century BC.

Latene type fibula; Celtiberian art, 3rd century BC.
Bronze with green patina.
Good state of preservation.
Measurements: 2 x 5 x 2 cm.
Latene type fibula with fusiform ornament on the terminal. In the Roman fibulae, as in the Phoenician, Celtic and Etruscan ones, a great variety of forms and decorations can be found, which proves the importance that this type of objects had in the personal adornment. In the Roman Empire, the fibula was both functional and ornamental, since men and women used them to hold their cloaks and cloaks. Similar functions were fulfilled by the pins, designed to hold heavy garments such as cloaks.
The term Celtiberian groups a series of pre-Roman Celtic or Celticized peoples, who inhabited from the end of the Bronze Age (around the 13th century BC) until the Romanization of Hispania (2nd-1st centuries BC) the area of the Iberian Peninsula called Celtiberia by classical sources. One of the main sources of information on the material culture of the Celtiberian peoples are the funerary trousseaus, with metal objects (generally bronze and iron, but also silver), including weapons, ornaments and tools, and also ceramic pieces, ranging from the cinerary urn itself to beads and fusayoles. These trousseaus were made up of functional objects of daily life and also others of purely symbolic and social value, indicating the status of the deceased. The important role of weaponry and, particularly, of swords, which speak to us of the privileged place occupied by warriors in Celtiberian society, is especially noteworthy.