Francisque
Nantes (44) - Musée Dobrée / Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique
Iron throwing axe (francisque), dated to the Merovingian period.
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 »-La Soudenais
Type of intervention
Excavation
Year of excavation
1995
Chief Scientist
DEVALS, Christophe
Inventory number
SRA 2132
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,
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