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English translation: cinerary urn

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Italian term or phrase:	olla cineraria
English translation:	cinerary urn
Entered by:	Alexander Chisholm

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11:03 Sep 28, 2009

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Social Sciences - Archaeology / tomb types

Italian term or phrase: olla cineraria

"Le uniche tre sepolture ad incinerazione sono in olla cineraria."

Obviously, these are the jars or urns where cremated remains a kept, but is there a special name for them, or more apprioriatelky, a name used by archaeologists (late roman period)?

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cinerary urn

Explanation:
This is a specific type of urn also known as a funerary urn.

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cinerary urn

apitassi

Columbarium

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cinerary urn

Explanation:
This is a specific type of urn also known as a funerary urn.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinerary_urn

apitassi
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Many thaks.

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Columbarium

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbarium

A suggestion that maybe appropriate to the context.

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