boucle de ceinture

Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal

© Musée de Saint-Dizier, C. Philippot

Rectangular buckle with bevelled edges and scutiform pin. Rectangular buckle with traces of polishing. Remains of iron corrosion products at the end of the barb. It is rough cast on the reverse. The face has traces of polishing. The clasp is made of iron, square in section, and its corrosion has caused the shield to break. The copper alloy is cast around this hoop.

Where to find it

Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal
17 rue de la Victoire

52100 Saint-Dizier

Commune of discovery

Saint-Dizier

Locality

La Tuilerie

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

2002

Chief Scientist

TRUC, Marie-Cécile

Inventory number

D 2006.7.14

Scope

Daily life ➔ Clothing

Materials

Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy ➔ Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Dating the object

520 – 610

Dimensions

L. 3.3 cm, l. 2.45 cm, P. 0.4 cm, 23.5 g

Bibliographie

Marie-Cécile Truc (dir.), Saint-Dizier « La Tuilerie » (Haute-Marne), Trois sépultures d’élite du vie siècle, Caen, Presses universitaires de Caen, 2019, 304 p