Nina Willburger<p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/EpigraphyTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpigraphyTuesday</span></a>!<br>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).<br>Currently on display at "THE hidden LÄND" in Stuttgart, on loan from Musée d'Archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. </p><p><a href="http://thehiddenlaend.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">thehiddenlaend.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Photo: by me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>