Fibule « en arbalète »

Toulouse (31) - Musée Saint-Raymond

© Photo STC, Ville de Toulouse, CC BY-SA

This crossbow fibula is an element of Germanic adornment, frequently discovered in military contexts in northern Gaul. On the other hand, this type of object is rare in southern Gaul. The example from Toulouse, dated to the end of the 4th-beginning of the 5th century, is one of the most southern ones known to date.

Where to find it

Toulouse (31) - Musée Saint-Raymond
place Saint-Sernin

31000 Toulouse

Commune of discovery

Toulouse

Locality

Parking Esquirol, place Esquirol

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1992

Chief Scientist

ARRAMOND, Jean-Charles

Inventory number

98.8.3

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Bas-Empire [235/ 476]

Dating the object

250 – 476

Dimensions

L. 4 5 cm, l. 4 4 cm,

Bibliographie

Archéologie toulousaine. Antiquité et haut Moyen Age. Découvertes récentes (1988-1995), exposition musée Saint-Raymond, 1995, Toulouse, musée Saint-Raymond, 1995 (n° 193)