Nina Willburger on Nostr: #EpigraphyTuesday! The sarcophagus of Arnegunde, wife of the merovingian king ...
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The sarcophagus of Arnegunde, wife of the merovingian king Clotaire I (511-561) was discovered in the Basilica of Saint-Denis in 1959. A ring found on the skeleton's thumb bears the inscription ARNEGUNDIS, encircling a central monogram expanding to REGINE (queen).
Currently on display at "THE hidden LÄND" in Stuttgart, on loan from Musée d'Archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
http://thehiddenlaend.de
Photo: by me
#archaeology
The sarcophagus of Arnegunde, wife of the merovingian king Clotaire I (511-561) was discovered in the Basilica of Saint-Denis in 1959. A ring found on the skeleton's thumb bears the inscription ARNEGUNDIS, encircling a central monogram expanding to REGINE (queen).
Currently on display at "THE hidden LÄND" in Stuttgart, on loan from Musée d'Archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
http://thehiddenlaend.de
Photo: by me
#archaeology