between 530 and 570
iron, silver, gold, wood (scabbard), cloth (on the bolt), leather (on the wood of the scabbard), fur (on the wood of the scabbard)
The wooden scabbard is present. It is covered with leather, of which only a few fragments are preserved near the gutters and the bouterolle. Traces of fur are visible under the layer of wood. The pommel is solid, silver, decorated with niello engravings and gilded. A decorative rivet in gilded silver is present. There is a double ring in gilded silver, solid and incised.
Where to find it
Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal
17 rue de la Victoire
52100 Saint-Dizier
Commune of discovery
Saint-Dizier
Locality
La Tuilerie
Type of intervention
Excavation
Year of excavation
2002
Chief Scientist
TRUC, Marie-Cécile
Inventory number
D 2006.7.7
Scope
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Defence ➔ Military equipment
Materials
Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy ➔ Metal ➔ Silver ➔ Organic ➔ Leather ➔ Organic ➔ Wood
Chronological period
Middle Ages [476 / 1492] ➔ Early Middle Ages [476 / 1000]
Dimensions
L. 91 cm, l. 1 cm, P. 1 cm,