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Lezoux (63) Musée départemental de la céramique

© Alain Maillot, collections du musée départemental de la céramique à Lezoux

This eye needle is incomplete: it is missing the point and part of the eye; nevertheless, it is a beautiful witness to the textile activity and instrumentum that can be found within the workshops and dwellings of the potters.

Where to find it

Lezoux (63) Musée départemental de la céramique
39, rue de la République

63190 Lezoux

Commune of discovery

Locality

Z.A.C. de l'Enclos

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1985

Chief Scientist

BET, Philippe

Inventory number

986-50-0004

Scope

Economy and trade ➔ Handicrafts

Materials

Organic ➔ Bones

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476]

Dimensions

2 g

Bibliographie

Annick Fenet, Le site archéologique de la Z.A.C. de l’Enclos à Lezoux (Puy-de-Dôme) : premières approches, 1993