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terragne

English translation: slab tomb


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Italian term or phrase:terragne
English translation:slab tomb
Entered by: Alexander Chisholm
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07:56 Sep 28, 2009
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Social Sciences - Archaeology / tomb
Italian term or phrase: terragne
From a list of types of tombs found at a site:

"sono presenti tombe a cappuccina, ad enchytrismoi, a cassetta, terragne e in olla."
Alexander Chisholm
Local time: 01:46
slab tomb
Explanation:
slab tomb = tomba con lapide
tomb slab = lapide, pietra tombale (tombstone)

Una tomba terragna è una tomba scavata nel suolo e ricoperta con una lastra di pietra (http://151.12.80.76/thesaurus/struttura_alfabetica/index.jsp...

Penso che "slab tomb" possa andare bene, anche se a volte è usato per le tombe preistoriche a tavola e potrebbe essere frainteso.
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Umberta Mesina
Italy
Local time: 01:46
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3slab tomb
Umberta Mesina
2 +1tomb slabsLucia Pittau


  

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tomb slabs


Explanation:
Catalog of tomb slabs set in the pavement of the Church of Santa Croce before 1500. Includes abstract.

Lucia Pittau
Local time: 01:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ItalianItalian

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agree  Gad Kohenov: + http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/museum_of_opera_s_cro...
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tomba terragna
slab tomb


Explanation:
slab tomb = tomba con lapide
tomb slab = lapide, pietra tombale (tombstone)

Una tomba terragna è una tomba scavata nel suolo e ricoperta con una lastra di pietra (http://151.12.80.76/thesaurus/struttura_alfabetica/index.jsp...

Penso che "slab tomb" possa andare bene, anche se a volte è usato per le tombe preistoriche a tavola e potrebbe essere frainteso.


Example sentence(s):
  • Thousands of pilgrims, some weeping, bore prayers and messages of love to the simple marble-slab tomb of the pope as the Vatican opened the crypt of St Peter's basilica for the first time since his burial.

    Reference: http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/Pics/Press/4-05/Press-4-1...
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