between 530 and 570
iron (weapon), silver (scabbard, suspension gutter), gold (rivets at the entrance to the scabbard and pommel), wood (alder), leather, fur, ivory, stone, cloth
The wooden scabbard is present. It was covered with leather, of which only a few fragments are preserved near the gutters and the bolt. Traces of fur are visible under the layer of wood. The bouterolle is made of thin silver plate (approx. 0.2 mm), with a riveted fret and gutter. It is worn at its distal end.
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
2006.8.20
Scope
Defence ➔ Military equipment
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Materials
Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy ➔ Metal ➔ Gold ➔ Organic ➔ Wood ➔ Organic ➔ Leather ➔ Organic ➔ Ivory ➔ Organic ➔ Textile ➔ Organic ➔ Fur
Chronological period
Middle Ages [476 / 1492] ➔ Early Middle Ages [476 / 1000]
Dimensions
L. 93 cm, l. 6 cm, 1,280 g