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copertura in mattonacci

English translation: crude bricks


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Italian term or phrase:copertura in mattonacci
English translation:crude bricks
Entered by: Lucrezia Amedeo
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08:38 Jan 20, 2011
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Archaeology / Hellenistic necropolis
Italian term or phrase: copertura in mattonacci
Are mattonacci rough bricks? the sentence is L’indagine recente ha posto in luce 16 sepolture di tipologia varia: casse in muratura intonacata con copertura in mattoni disposti sia in posizione piana che a cappuccina; fosse terragne con letto in calce e pareti intonacate; casse di mattoni crudi prive di fondo, con copertura in mattonacci
staviano
Italy
Local time: 01:47
crude bricks
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Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
Local time: 01:47
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the author meant just bricks!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3tiles
dasein_wm
3crude bricksLucrezia Amedeo
3 -1cheap bricksxxxR.C.


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
cheap bricks


Explanation:
dispregiativo, MIGHT be referred to the low cost/quality of the material perhaps?

xxxR.C.
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  YP - idiomatica: "Mattonacci" are not necessarily cheap. Besides, even if they were referring to bad quality, why describe them as cheap? Prize=quality? This is an specialized text; "cheap bricks" is not suitable in this context.
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tiles


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perhaps


    Reference: http://www.stefanesecalcio.it/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=72...
dasein_wm
Local time: 01:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  YP - idiomatica: Yes, tiles.
15 mins
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agree  Fabio Paolo Barbieri: According to a number of product catalogues I found online, such as this one - http://www.ceramicaserravalle.it/articoli.php?cat=12&sopraca... - the mattonaccio is a tile of irregular shape, and far from being cheap, it can be glazed or painted.
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agree  simon tanner
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crude bricks


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Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
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the author meant just bricks!
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Feb 16, 2011 - Changes made by Lucrezia Amedeo:
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