Stone Coffin Flashcards
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A Charnel compartment or Sepulchre. Lexically , it is a Stone coffin . The Latin etymology ‘ Lapis Sarcophagus ‘ means “…kind. of stone with caustic properties used for coffins…” The functional synonyms are bier , casket , and pall. Sarcophagi is the plural form .
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Sarcophagus
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Pertaining to or written in simplified form of the ancient Egyptian Hieratic writing. ; popular , common as in __?__ idiom. Etymologically speaking , it is derived from Greek , ‘ demotikos ‘ meaning of the people, common , ordinary of the cursive Egyptian script.
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Demotic
