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hypocephali (funerary sculpture, <sculpture by function>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Disc-shaped objects made from papyrus, stuccoed linen, bronze, gold, wood, clay or resin, placed by ancient Egyptians under the heads of the dead. The disc, which was inscribed with images, symbolized the eye of Ra or Horus, and was related to the idea of resurrection. |
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hypocephali (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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hypocephali (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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hypocephali (Italian-P,D,U,U)
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hypocephalus (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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hypocephalus (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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hipocéfalos (C,U,Portuguese-P,D,U,PN)
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hipocéfalo (C,U,Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
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hipocefalia (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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下顱 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VC |
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Dutch ..... Schijfvormig amulet gemaakt uit bepleisterd linnen dat door de Oude Egyptenaren onder het hoofd van een mummie werd geplaatst om de overledene te beschermen in het hiernamaals. Op de amulet werden afbeeldingen en spreuken aangebracht. |
Portuguese ..... Objetos no formato de disco feitos de papiro, linho com estuque, bronze, ouro, madeira, argila ou resina colocados por egípcios anciões sob as cabeças dos mortos. O disco, que era inscrito com imagens, simbolizava o olho de Rá ou Hórus, e era associado à ideia de ressureição. |
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