cinerario

La conformación peculiar de este cinerario, que evoca la casa del difunto, reviste un significado simbólico preciso.
The particular shape of this cinerary urn, which represents the home of the deceased, has a precise symbolic meaning.
A menudo el cinerario (llamado canope) era colocado encima de una silla como ésta o, con mayor frecuencia, sobre un trono con respaldo circular.
The cinerary urn (the so-called canopic urn) was often placed on a chair like this or, more frequently, on a throne with a circular back.
Este último elemento era la única forma para personalizar un cinerario, privo, de lo contrario, de cualquier caracterización en sentido antropomorfo, tendencia que más tarde cobrará una particular relevancia en determinadas zonas culturales (ver ánfora esferoidal).
The latter element was the only form of personalization of a cinerary urn that was otherwise without any characterization in the anthropomorphous sense, a tendency that later assumed particular importance in certain cultural areas (cf. spherical amphora)
Este último elemento posibilitaba la única forma de personalizar un cinerario, privado, por otra parte, de cualquier caracterización en sentido antropomorfo, tendencia que más tarde cobrará una particular relevancia en determinadas zonas culturales [ver Ánfora esferoidal].
The latter element was the only form of personalization of a cinerary urn that was otherwise without any characterization in the anthropomorphous sense, a tendency that later assumed particular importance in certain cultural areas [cf. spherical Amphora].
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