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Clermont-Ferrand (63) - Musée Bargoin

© M.Veschambre, musée Bargoin, Clermont Auvergne Métropole

Set of Gallic iron relics: sword in its scabbard; iron and heel of a spear; three fibulae (brooches), two of which are linked by a chain; belt ring with a button; umbo of a finned shield. The umbo is a domed or conical piece of iron or bronze in the middle of a shield, to protect the hand.

Where to find it

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

63000 Clermont-Ferrand

Commune of discovery

Clermont-Ferrand

Locality

Gandaillat

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2004

Chief Scientist

VERMEULEN, Christine

Inventory number

D 2017.1.218 D 2017.1.219 D 2017.1.220 D 2017.1.221 D 2017.1.222 D 2017.1.223

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment
Defence ➔ Military equipment
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased

Materials

Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy

Chronological period

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

Dimensions

To museum documentation

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