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Nantes (44) - Musée Dobrée / Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique

© H. Neveu-Dérotrie / Musée Dobrée – Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique

Amber bead from the Baltic, perforated, with plant inclusions. Discovered in the Loire-Atlantique region, it has been dated to around 800-500 BC. Rare are the discoveries of objects of this type dated to the Iron Age. This bead testifies to the distant exchanges of this western region, undoubtedly facilitated by the presence of the Loire and its estuary.

Where to find it

Nantes (44) - Musée Dobrée / Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique
18 rue Voltaire

44000 Nantes

Commune of discovery

Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet

Locality

le port

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1995

Inventory number

SRA 4092

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment

Materials

Mineral ➔ Other

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50]

Dating the object

2200 av. J.-C. – 50 av. J.-C.

Dimensions

P. 1 cm,