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Clermont-Ferrand (63) - Musée Bargoin

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This sigilated ceramic goblet with relief decorations served as a cinerary urn. A cup was used as a lid.

Where to find it

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

63000 Clermont-Ferrand

Commune of discovery

Les Martres-d'Artière

Locality

Les Quaires

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2001

Chief Scientist

REBISCOUL, André

Inventory number

D 2017.1.529,530

Scope

Funeral ➔ Funeral container
Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Terracotta ➔ Ceramic

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Dating the object

37 av. J.-C. – 235 EC

Dimensions

H. 15.7 cm, d. 13.3 cm,

Operation report notice

Consult the notice

To museum documentation

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