Patère miniature à manche

Poitiers (86) - Musée Sainte-Croix

© Musées de Poitiers, Christian Vignaud

This miniature peg, with a hollow cup, has a flat handle decorated with cult symbols, like the large models from which it was inspired. The object comes from the northern vault which housed the burial place of a young adolescent girl. 4th century

Where to find it

Poitiers (86) - Musée Sainte-Croix
3 bis rue Jean Jaurès

86000 Poitiers

Commune of discovery

Naintré

Locality

Laumont

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1997

Chief Scientist

FARAGO-SZEKERES, Bernard

Inventory number

2005.1.34

Scope

Leisure ➔ Toy
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Bas-Empire [235/ 476]

Dimensions

H. 1.92 cm, L. 10.33 cm, d. 5.79 cm,

Operation report notice

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To museum documentation

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