Bracelet

Sens (89) Musées de Sens

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Four bronze bracelets (D.90.4.14, D.90.4.16, D.90.4.17, D.90.4.137): these four objects were found grouped together on the pubic bone of the deceased. The absence of bones from the forearms makes it impossible to conclude whether these ornaments were worn symmetrically or asymmetrically. They are strictly identical to each other. They are open bracelets, oval in shape; the section is slightly curved on the outside and flattened on the inside. The ends have a more marked bulge on the outside. They have two types of decoration: a first decoration of longitudinal incisions filled with interlocking chevrons on the body of the bracelet and a second decoration of two deep moldings on the ends. Two bronze anklets : (D.90.4.15 ; D.90.4.36). Location: at each ankle. Characteristics : Strictly identical to the four previous bronze bracelets

Where to find it

Sens (89) Musées de Sens
Passage Moïse et 135 rue des Déportés et de la Résistance

89100 Sens

Commune of discovery

Soucy

Locality

Mocque-Bouteilles

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1990

Chief Scientist

Baray, Luc

Inventory number

D.90.4.36

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Bronze Age [- 2200/ - 800] ➔ Final Bronze Age [- 1400/ - 800]

Dimensions

d. 6.9 cm,

Bibliographie

BARAY L., Deffressigne S., Leroyer C., Villemeur I. Nécropole protohistorique du Sénonais. D.A.F. n°44 Archéologie préventive - Autoroute A5/A160. 1994 : Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris