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Italian to English Archaeology Translation Glossary

Italian term English translation
riempimento interno (double-faced wall with rubble/mortar) filling
rifunzionalizzate / rifunzionalizzazione refunctionalized /assigned to/provided with new purposes/ refunctionalization
risparmiando / risparmiato negative technique (leaving some areas unpainte to create the design - a sort of optical illusion)
ritocco a dorso backed retouch
Entered by: Raffaella Panigada
salato salty
salvifiche Redeeming values
sarcofago strigilato strigil sarcophagus
Scapola clavicola sterno sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints
SCAVO A SEZIONE APERTA open area excavation
schede US Stratigraphic Unit reports
schede USM (di unità stratigrafiche murarie) masonry S.U. (stratigraphical unit) records
schedulografico Schedule Graphic
schiniere Greaves (leg guards for armor)
Entered by: Joseph Tein
sepoltura a lastre slab burial
sepoltura a tegoloni tile burial
settore venetoantico old venetian sector
Entered by: Maria Burnett
sistema a doppio paramento double-layer wall
situliforme situlate
smagrante temper
soffitto a forno \'oven-shaped\' vault
Soprintendente Speciale Superintendent with responsibility for
sostruzione substruction
SPAZIO composition/space
Stazione di sosta viaria staging post
stele a pseudoedicola aedicula-stelae or simply pseudo aedicula
Entered by: Isabelle Johnson
strada carrabile in battuto dirt road
strati di crollo collapse layers
strigli strigils
terminazioni a doppio globetto ending with two spherical knobs
terragne slab tomb
tesoretto group of coins / tesoretto
testi utensils
Entered by: Tom in London
tomba a cassa quadrata di tegole tile cist tomb
tomba a cubo cube tomb
tomba a Loculo loculus (recessed grave)
tomba a ricettacolo funeral receptacle
tout court per se
un importante tassello della topografia antica an important element of the ancient topography
unguentario chrism jar
utensili da toeletta toiletry implements/articles
Entered by: Adele Oliveri
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