Deux cistes à cordons
Troyes (10) - Musée d'Art d'Archéologie et de Sciences Naturelles
They contained the ashes of the deceased. deposited in a two-wheeled chariot and a cauldron.
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
Inventory number
0024
Scope
Funeral ➔ Funeral container
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 noticeTo museum documentation
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