Deux cistes à cordons

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

© Photo Carole Bell, Ville de Troyes

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 notice

To museum documentation

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