Francisque

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

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

Small francisque (throwing axe), iron

Where to find it

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

44000 Nantes

Commune of discovery

Drefféac

Locality

« Le Brivet »-Les Châtelliers

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1995

Chief Scientist

DEVALS, Christophe

Inventory number

SRA 2131

Scope

Defence ➔ Military equipment

Materials

Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy

Chronological period

Middle Ages [476 / 1492] ➔ Early Middle Ages [476 / 1000]

Dating the object

476 – 999

Dimensions

L. 8 cm,

To museum documentation

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