Vase caréné avec une anse et épingle

Clermont-Ferrand (63) - Musée Bargoin

© M.Veschambre, musée Bargoin, Clermont Auvergne Métropole

This carinated terracotta vase contained the ashes of a man and a copper alloy pin. Cremation was a common funerary practice during the Bronze Age (2200 BC to 800 BC).

Where to find it

Clermont-Ferrand (63) - Musée Bargoin
45, rue Ballainvilliers
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

Commune of discovery

Gerzat

Locality

Chamtemerle

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2001

Chief Scientist

VERMEULEN, Christine

Inventory number

D 2017.1.113 D 2017.1.114

Scope

Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy ➔ Terracotta ➔ Ceramic

Chronological period

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

Dimensions

Operation report notice

Consult the notice

To museum documentation

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Bibliographie

Renaud Lisfranc, Joël Vital, La Nécropole Bronze Ancien de Gerzat, Chantemerle (Puy-de-Dôme), Association de liaison pour le patrimoine et l'archéologie en Rhône-Alpes et en Auvergne, octobre 2017, ISBN : 978-2-9161125-12-1
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