Pichet en bois

Marseille (13) - Musée d'Histoire de Marseille

© Denis Glicksman, Inrap

If most of the dishes discovered by archaeologists are made of ceramic, a rot-proof material, there are rare cases where wooden objects are preserved.

Where to find it

Marseille (13) - Musée d'Histoire de Marseille
Square Belsunce

13001 Marseille

Commune of discovery

Marseille

Locality

Place Jules Verne

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1992

Chief Scientist

HESNARD, Antoinette

Inventory number

.MHM D2000.7.681

Scope

Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Organic ➔ Wood

Chronological period

Middle Ages [476 / 1492]

Dimensions

H. 18 cm, L. 11.2 cm, l. 9 cm,