Singer's grave

In archeology, some Merovingian grave finds with a lyre as an addition are called singers ' graves .

The classification as a singing grave depends heavily on the preservation conditions for wood in the grave, as the lyres were often only made of wood. In other graves, however, the addition of a lyre can also be made accessible through the preserved string bridge made of amber, bronze or antlers.

So-called singers' graves

• Oberflacht , Tuttlingen district : grave 37 (Berlin singer's grave ) and grave 84
• Trossingen , Tuttlingen district : grave 58
• Cologne , grave in St. Severin (early 8th century)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Siegwalt Schiek : The grave field of the Merovingian period near Oberflacht (community Seitingen-Oberflacht, district of Tuttlingen) (research and reports on prehistory in Baden-Württemberg 41.1) Stuttgart 1992, p. 21

literature

• Dieter Bischop : The lyre fragment from the imperial settlement Bremen-habenhausen . In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 32, 2002, pp. 229–246 (with a catalog of the archaeologically proven lyres).