Vix

Iron Age burial mound in Côte-d'Or, France, a rich Celtic burial of the Hallstatt D period (late 6th century BC). In a mortuary house under a barrow, the body of a woman was accompanied by a four-wheeled cart with bronze fittings and by rich offerings, including a gold diadem, bronze and silver bowls, brooches, Etruscan wine flagons, and a Attic Black Figure cup dated c 520 BC. the most spectacular object is a massive bronze crater with a capacity of nearly 1300 liters (1.64 m high) and of Greek workmanship. The burial at Vix is associated with the nearby hillfort of Mont Lassois.

Hallstatt wagon burial in east central France. The burial, dated to the end of the 6th century bc, was of a woman, accompanied by some of the richest grave goods ever found in a European Iron Age burial. The goods included a gold diadem, an imported Attic Black-figure cup and Etruscan bronze wine flagons, but the most remarkable object of all is a massive bronze crater, with a capacity of nearly 1300 litres. The crater is almost certainly of Greek workmanship and is in fact in better condition than any example surviving in the Greek world. It probably reached the Vix ‘princess’ as a diplomatic gift, travelling up the trade route from the Greek colony at Marseilles to central Europe. The burial at Vix is associated with the nearby hillfort of Mont Lassois.