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PRIMARY BURIAL [3 records]

Record 1 2015-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Anthropology
CONT

The Jews of the early Roman empire practiced a burial custom called ossilegium ... In primary burial, the deceased’s body was placed in a niche or on a bench in a tomb. Secondary burial occurred one year later after the soft tissue had decomposed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Durant l'Antiquité, en Palestine, il existe un rite funéraire juif de l’ossilegium [...] Au cours de l'inhumation primaire du cadavre [...] le corps est laissé en décomposition pendant environ un an afin de récupérer un squelette nu. Lors de l'inhumation secondaire, la famille du défunt regroupe ses os [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the most ancient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
OBS

... sépultures au premier degré dans lesquelles les vestiges des corps sont retournés au lieu même de leur inhumation... (L. Frédéric Manuel pratique d'archéologie, p. 213).

Spanish

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