Boucle de chaussure

Saint-Dizier (52) - Musée Municipal

© Musée de Saint-Dizier, C. Philippot

Oval buckle of semi-cylindrical section with a cut inner side and a truncated cone-shaped barb slightly narrowed in its middle part. The plate, of trapezoidal form, is made up of two silver sheets articulated around the buckle. These plates enclose the leather link by means of two silver rivets with spherical heads. The upper plate is decorated with engraved transverse lines and crosses reminiscent of those on the bindings (26, 259 and 270 of the same tomb). The lower plate is engraved with a double cross of St. Andrew and has the same serrations around the edge. This object is very similar to object 22 from the same tomb, without being totally identical in decoration. Observations: The cope has an engraved decoration. The two rivets on the strap are in place.

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

2006.8.32

Scope

Daily life ➔ Clothing

Materials

Metal ➔ Silver

Dating the object

560 – 610

Dimensions

L. 2.15 cm, l. 1.6 cm, 3.97 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