Vix: Jewelry.

Gold Torc

Bronze "Torc"

27 cm Dia.; traces of leather wrapping
found on abdomen

Bracelets of stone (lignite)

8.7 cm max. Dia.
three found on each wrist

Bronze Anklets

109 g each. 13 cm Dia.

Amber and Stone Beads

7 Amber: from 4.6 cm Dia. to 1.7 cm Dia.
4 Stone: ca. 4 cm Dia.
found scattered in breast-height

Bronze Bracelet with Amber Beads

one found on each wrist

After Joffroy, 1979

Iron Fibula

6a in pl. XVI, below
4.5 cm H.

Iron & Gold Fibula

6b below
2.3 cm pres. H.
spiral, needle and foot missing.

Bronze, Coral & Amber Fibulae

6f below
2.4 and 3.1 cm H.
found in pairs

Selected Jewelry
top: bracelets of stone & amber
4 stone donuts
iron, bronze, amber, coral fibulae
bottom: amber beads

Joffroy's drawings of fibulae
1: 6e (reconstructed), bronze, amber, coral
2: 6f, bronze, amber, coral
3: 6d, (reconstructed), bronze

4: 6b, iron and gold
5: 6a, iron
6: 6d, bronze


After Joffroy 1979, pl. XVI

After Joffroy

Date: late 6th to early 5th C. (ca. 500). B.C.E.
Musée de Châtillon-sur-Seine


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