A 8th Century BCE riveted bronze breastplate. This breastplate was found in a burial near Marmesse, France, and is associated with the Hallstatt Culture. Object height: 51.5 cm (20 inches).
3D image from the Musée d’Archéologie nationale, domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (National Archaeology Museum in Saint-Germain-en-Laye). CC-BY-NC (Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial).
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