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ajuar

English translation: grave goods

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Spanish term or phrase:ajuar
English translation:grave goods
Entered by: peterinmadrid

13:06 Jun 7, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Archaeology / Excavation of ovens for making pottery in Southern Spain
Spanish term or phrase: ajuar
La difunta había sido incinerada fuera de la fosa y colocada dentro con un ajuar compuesto por incensarios de vidrio, collares de cuentas vítreas y, sobre todo, un amuleto protector, consistente en un anillo de cuarzo azul en el que se talló una garza, en una escena de gran precisión muy repetida por entonces.
peterinmadrid
Portugal
Local time: 01:11
grave goods
Explanation:
I've been chewing on this one, because something about it was niggling me. As I said, ajuar is used to describe the things that go alongside the body in the grave, as well as the other more common sense of stuff you take to your married life. A bit of googling has led me to grave goods, which I feel a lot more comfortable about. It's described in wiki, but I'm putting in a couple more references, because we all know that wiki isn't the last word on things always!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_goods
www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PGlossary?readfor...
antiquity.ac.uk/reviews/bailey.html (paragraph 4)


Selected response from:

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 01:11
Grading comment
Thank you, Noni. I have put "set of grave goods"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3trousseau / personal possessions
David Russi
4 +1grave goods
Noni Gilbert Riley


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
trousseau / personal possessions


Explanation:
Webster's
trousseau
: the personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares

DRAE
ajuar.

(Del ár. hisp. aššiwár o aššuwár, y este del ár. clás. šawār o šiwār).

1. m. Conjunto de muebles, enseres y ropas de uso común en la casa.

2. m. Conjunto de muebles, alhajas y ropas que aporta la mujer al matrimonio.

David Russi
United States
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Ajuar is also for funerals.
38 mins
agree  Lydia De Jorge
1 hr
agree  Hasselt
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
grave goods


Explanation:
I've been chewing on this one, because something about it was niggling me. As I said, ajuar is used to describe the things that go alongside the body in the grave, as well as the other more common sense of stuff you take to your married life. A bit of googling has led me to grave goods, which I feel a lot more comfortable about. It's described in wiki, but I'm putting in a couple more references, because we all know that wiki isn't the last word on things always!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_goods
www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PGlossary?readfor...
antiquity.ac.uk/reviews/bailey.html (paragraph 4)




Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 01:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you, Noni. I have put "set of grave goods"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helena Chavarria: Yes, I have also found 'grave goods'.
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