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Mors de cheval

Caen (14) - Musée de Normandie

© Hervé Paitier, Inrap

Bronze horsebit, decorated with coral.
Discovered during the summer of 2006, the Orval tomb (Manche) is today a unique case: the most western of the "chariot tombs" from the end of the Early La Tène period ever found in Europe.

Where to find it

Caen (14) - Musée de Normandie
Château Logis des Gouverneurs
14000 Caen

Commune of discovery

Orval sur Sienne

Locality

Les Plaines

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2006

Chief Scientist

LEPAUMIER, Hubert

Inventory number

D.2009.3.22

Scope

Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy ➔ Organic

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Iron Age [- 800/ - 50]

Dimensions

L. 23 cm, d. 7.5 cm,

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