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Couvercle de sarcophage

Dijon (21) - Musée archéologique

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Sarcophagus lid carved from a reused block. Decorated at the upper end with a band containing ten pointed circles and a band where only two letters remain: IN. Between the bands, circles with remains of a Chrism (?).

Where to find it

Dijon (21) - Musée archéologique
5 rue Dr Maret

21000 Dijon

Commune of discovery

Dijon

Locality

Abbaye Saint-Bénigne / rue du Chapeau Rouge

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1987

Chief Scientist

Germaine Depierre

Inventory number

987.1.1.2

Scope

Funeral

Materials

Mineral

Chronological period

Middle Ages [476 / 1492] ➔ Early Middle Ages [476 / 1000]

Dimensions

Bibliographie

JANNET Monique et JOUBERT Fabienne (dir.), Sculpture médiévale en Bourgogne - Collection lapidaire du Musée archéologique de Dijon, EUD, Dijon, 2000, 424 p.