Boucle de ceinture

Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal

© Musée de Saint-Dizier, C. Philippot

Oval belt buckle made of rock crystal and silver with a shield-shaped base, from the Merovingian period (6th century AD). It was part of a rich collection of furniture found at Saint-Dizier, in the Haute-Marne, in the burial chamber of a young man of the Frankish aristocracy.

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 2006.7.17

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased

Materials

Metal ➔ Silver ➔ Mineral ➔ Other

Chronological period

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

Dimensions

H. 1.5 cm, l. 1.8 cm, P. 0.8 cm, 40.31 g

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