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Toulouse (31) - Musée Saint-Raymond

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Bone hairpin from the Late Period (5th century A.D.). Its head, pear-shaped and grooved, is topped by a button. The tip of the pin is broken.

Where to find it

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

31000 Toulouse

Commune of discovery

Toulouse

Locality

Esquirol (métro)

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1991

Chief Scientist

DE FILIPPO, Raphaël

Inventory number

98.7.42

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment

Materials

Organic ➔ Bones

Chronological period

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

Dating the object

250 – 476

Dimensions

L. 8 3 cm,

Bibliographie

Archéologie toulousaine. Antiquité et haut Moyen Age. Découvertes récentes (1988-1995), exposition musée Saint-Raymond, 1995, Toulouse, musée Saint-Raymond, 1995 (n° 201)