Chaudron

Troyes (10) - Musée d'Art d'Archéologie et de Sciences Naturelles

© Photo Carole Bell, Ville de Troyes

Chaudron Chaudron
Bronze cauldron with two handles and cruciform attachments discovered in the Celtic chariot burial site at Estissac, place called La Côte d'Ervaux, 5th century B.C., deposited with a two-wheel chariot.

Where to find it

Troyes (10) - Musée d'Art d'Archéologie et de Sciences Naturelles
1 rue Chrestien de Troyes
Abbaye Saint-Loup
10000 Troyes

Commune of discovery

Estissac

Locality

La Côte d’Ervaux

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1991

Chief Scientist

DEFFRESSIGNE, Sylvie

Scope

Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Iron Age [- 800/ - 50] ➔ 1st Iron Age [- 800/ - 480]

Dating the object

800 av. J.-C. – 750 av. J.-C.

Dimensions

Operation report notice

Consult the notice

To museum documentation

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