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tumba antropomorfica

18:15 Feb 10, 2005
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology
Spanish term or phrase: tumba antropomorfica
This is an archaeological term used to describe a grave in the shape of the body, rather than a simple rectangular hole. I can't find the right term in English, as a Google search for "anthropomorphic tombs" only turns up Spanish websites, a sure sign of a dodgy translation.

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David Russell
Spain
Local time: 06:56


Summary of answers provided
5 +1anthropomorphic grave
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
5 +1anthropoid tomb/grave coffin
Michele Fauble


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
anthropomorphic grave


Explanation:
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... 600-575 BC is but one example of Greek kouroi that served as anthropomorphic grave
markers in mainland Attica during the seventh and sixth centuries. ...
www.virginia.edu/art/homepage/symp5.html - 15k -

The Celtic village of Castro do Alto is situated in the South as well as the beaches
of Pereiro and Os Cans, where there is

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michele Fauble: 'anthropomorphic grave MARKERS'
2 hrs
  -> gracias Michele
agree  bigedsenior: Yes, I found 3 refs (viewpoint not google). Since shape (morph) is "key", I don't think that it is sarcophagous, tomb or coffin.
11 hrs
  -> gracias bigedsenior
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
anthropoid tomb/grave coffin


Explanation:
. Other tombs have provided a few items, and in some tombs such as Sethos II ... of the Kings, at least from the New Kingdom on, were mostly anthropoid, taking the ...
www.touregypt.net/featurestories/equip.htm

... of anthropoid wooden coffin of Hatshepsut had been discovered in KV4, the tomb of
Ramses XI (20. Dyn.), in which also remainders from other royal tombs had ...
www.maat-ka-ra.de/e glish/maat_ka_ra/hat_grab.htm



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anthropoid tomb/grave/coffin

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Note added at 3 hrs 0 min (2005-02-10 21:15:16 GMT)
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\'anthropoid sarcophagus\'

.. In one of the tombs, an intact anthropoid sarcophagus was found bearing the image Iufaa, the high priest of Amun, whose intact tomb was found at Abusir last ...
weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/476/tr2.

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... It could be a rectangular box or anthropoid (human) shaped.
homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/gloss.htm

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\'ANTHROPOID TOMBS\'

... There, its well worth descovering one of the most typical eremites of Ribeira Sacra, and where you can find caves or anthropoid tombs excavated centuries ago ...
www.pangalaica.com/ribsacra/villages/chantada.htm

.. From Covaleda, a characteristic town in the region that accommodates Celtiberian ruins and anthropoid tombs in its surroundings, we can move on to other nearby ...
www.hotelpinaresdeurbion.com/e_rutaa.html

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 21:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrée Goreux
1 hr
  -> thanks
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