Bracelet (parure)

Metz [57] Le musée de La Cour d’Or-Metz Métropole

© Laurianne Kieffer (Musée de La Cour d'Or-Eurométropole de Metz)

Discovered in a burial tomb, it was generally the attribute of a woman. The deceased wore a glass bracelet on his left forearm that was found intact. The fragmentary nature of the skeleton made it impossible to distinguish the sex of the individual with any certainty. The bracelet was not soldered, as was always the case at that time, and was made by stretching a glassy mass. A decoration forming a notched relief develops on the external circumference. In Lorraine, bracelets belonging to the same family have been found in Liverdun, Villey-Saint-Etienne and Woippy.

Where to find it

Metz [57] Le musée de La Cour d’Or-Metz Métropole
2, rue du Haut-Poirier

57000 METZ

Commune of discovery

Mondelange

Locality

Schemerten

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1999

Chief Scientist

Pierre Buzzi

Inventory number

003.4.1.104.1

Scope

Daily life ➔ Adornment

Materials

Glass

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Iron Age [- 800/ - 50] ➔ 2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Dating the object

200 av. J.-C. – 299 av. J.-C.

Dimensions