Umbo with a conical cap made of iron sheet surmounted by a point ending in a flat disc (diam. 1.7 cm). The base of the cap is almost cylindrical in shape and was attached to the wooden part of the shield by five flat circular iron rivets covered with a copper alloy sheet soldered with a lead-tin alloy. This object is incomplete.
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
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