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MOBILIER FUNERAIRE [6 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

grave good: an item in the "Ceremonial Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

mobilier funéraire : objet de la classe «Objets cérémoniels» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Arts (General)
DEF

... art produced in connection with burials, including many kinds of tombs, and objects specially made for burial with a corpse.

OBS

[Funerary art] also encompasses cenotaphs ("empty tombs"), tomb-like monuments which do not contain human remains; and communal memorials to the dead (such as war memorials), which may or may not contain human remains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Arts (Généralités)
CONT

[...] tombes égyptiennes, stèles romaines ou mobilier funéraire médiéval [...] l'art funéraire est une source inépuisable de création et d’innovation artistique. [...] l'art funéraire est au service de la mémoire depuis sa plus lointaine origine. [...] Il existe bien entendu quelques civilisations hermétiques à l'art funéraire, comme l'Inde mais le fait de ne conserver aucune sépulture reste très rare.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

It is curious that tumulus or mound burials are found in a great arc from the Near East to Ireland, and in parts of northern Europe the mounds heaped up over the graves of chieftains assumed a size and splendour equalled only by the tholos tombs of the Mycenaeans ... The mound burials also recall the great structures of the European Early and Middle Bronze Ages ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Sépultures tumulaires de la rivière à la Pluie. [...] La plupart de ces monticules sont des structures basses et larges, sauf celui des Rapides du Long Sault, qui a un diamètre de 34 m et une hauteur de 7 m. À l'intérieur des monticules et des puits creusés au-dessous se trouvent des amas d’ossements humains et, à l'occasion, de riches pièces de mobilier funéraire.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

offerings of furniture, food, clothing for the comfort of a deceased in his next life.

CONT

grave goods in a dig or excavation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

mobilier funéraire dans une tombe suite à des fouilles.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

most often reduced in size furniture placed in the tomb as a remembrance of the past life and a help for the future one

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1983-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

as the objects placed with the deceased person, the barrow, ossuary, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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