Torque d'enfant

Clermont-Ferrand (63) - Musée Bargoin

© M. Veschambre, Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand Métropole

A Gallic-era copper alloy child's necklace that opens with a removable element. Discovered in a burial site around the neck of a 6-8 year old child, it is attributed to the Second Iron Age (between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC).

Where to find it

Clermont-Ferrand (63) - Musée Bargoin
45, rue Ballainvilliers
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

Commune of discovery

Lempdes

Locality

Les Gibaudonnes, Zac de la fontanille II

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2008

Chief Scientist

HENON, Philippe

Inventory number

D 2017.1.176

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Iron Age [- 800/ - 50] ➔ 2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Dating the object

450 av. J.-C. – 50 av. J.-C.

Dimensions

d. 13.5 cm,

Operation report notice

Consult the notice

To museum documentation

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