Arcosolium
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arcosolium-305-9454268
title:
Arcosolium
text:
An arcosolium, plural arcosolia, is an arched recess used as a place of entombment. The word is from Latin arcus, "arch", and solium, "throne" or post-classical "sarcophagus". Early arcosolia were carved out of the living rock in catacombs. In the very earliest of these, the arched recess was cut to ground level. Then a low wall would be built in the front, leaving a trough in which to place the body. A flat stone slab would then cover the chamber containing the body, thus sealing it. The stone
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description:
Place for burial
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosolium
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date modified:
2023-02-11T23:20:49Z
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