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tomba a Loculo

English translation: loculus (recessed grave)


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Italian term or phrase:tomba a Loculo
English translation:loculus (recessed grave)
Entered by: Gad Kohenov
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15:53 Jul 21, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology / Etruscans in the Latium region
Italian term or phrase: tomba a Loculo
Context: Vengono presentati materiali archeologici per lo più sconosciuti al grande pubblico in quanto mai esposti tra questi per esempio il corredo proveniente da una tomba a Loculo facente parte del grande ed importante complesso della Tomba delle Cinque Sedie della Necropoli della Banditaccia di Cerveteri
Therese Marshall
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loculus (recessed grave)
Explanation:
igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/.../Rutgers_p395_05_catacombs-radiodata.pd
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4 +2loculus (recessed grave)
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loculus (recessed grave)


Explanation:
igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/.../Rutgers_p395_05_catacombs-radiodata.pd

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loculus


Explanation:
Loculus – a small chamber or recess in
rock used for urns or corpses in an ancient
catacomb or sepulcher.

http://www.vaticansplendors.com/attachments/contentmanagers/...

Loculus (burial niche) cover, funerary relief of man and servants, limestone, 2nd century AD, Palmyra, Syria

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/worlds_intertwined/press/pre...

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Changes made by editors
Aug 4, 2009 - Changes made by Gad Kohenov:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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