Bassin

Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal

© Musée de Saint-Dizier, C. Philippot

Circular basin with flattened edge on a ringed base. It has two handles decorated with striations and longitudinal beads. They are articulated in two diamond-shaped brackets welded to the body of the basin. Object cast and resumed on the lathe. The handles and the foot are individually cast and soldered with tin. Observations : complete object. Presence of wood covering the bottom of the bowl: formwork board? Thickness about 5 mm.

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

2006.8.26

Scope

Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Metal ➔ Ferrous alloy

Dating the object

440 – 610

Dimensions

H. 9.5 cm, d. 27.4 cm, 740 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