Scramasaxe

Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal

[VIDE]

between 560 and 610
silver (bouterolle), gold (bouterolle gutter), wood (alder), niello (bouterolle)
Small scramasaxe of the large knife type with a triangular blade (sharp on one side only) set in a fully preserved wooden scabbard.

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

2006.8.21

Scope

Defence ➔ Military equipment
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased

Materials

Metal ➔ Silver ➔ Metal ➔ Gold ➔ Organic ➔ Wood

Chronological period

Middle Ages [476 / 1492] ➔ Early Middle Ages [476 / 1000]

Dimensions

L. 144 cm, 480 g

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