Poignard

Lucciana [20] musée de site archéologique de Mariana, Prince Rainier III de Monaco

© Pascal Druelle / Ville de Lucciana

A dagger, a short sword without a guard, placed in a terracotta box built into the axis of the corridor to the south of the sanctuary, may have served the priest who was re-enacting the sacrifice of the bull.

Where to find it

Lucciana [20] musée de site archéologique de Mariana, Prince Rainier III de Monaco
10 Strada di u Granelese
Lieu-dit Canonica
20290 Lucciana

Commune of discovery

Locality

Canonica

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2017

Chief Scientist

CHAPON, Philippe

Inventory number

2019.1.3

Scope

Religion ➔ Religious object

Materials

Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Dating the object

101 – 200

Dimensions

L. 22.5 cm,

Operation report notice

Consult the notice

Bibliographie

O. de Peretti, Un sanctuaire dédié à Mithra dans la colonie romaine de Mariana (Lucciana, Haute-Corse), in " Le mystère Mithra. Plongée au cœur d'un culte romain", catalogue d'exposition