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单词 loculus
例句 loculus
It boasted ornately carved on the lintels around the entrance, inside were niches to house the dead called "loculi", each sealed with a portrait of the deceased, carved in limestone. Palmyra: Islamic State's demolition in the desert - BBC News 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z
The passages are lined with the usual loculi for the dead, sometimes adapted for a single body, sometimes for two laid together. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z
The seeds are immersed in pulp, and are attached irregularly to the wall, base and centre of the loculi. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z
The picture we are about to examine is found over a loculus or grave in this cemetery of Priscilla. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z
These loculi were usually constructed for a single body only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
In the catacomb of S. Hermes, part of the wide sand-pit road has been reduced to one-third of its width, by building up brick walls on each side with loculi in them. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
The ovary is partially adherent, is surmounted by a style, and has two or three loculi with an axile placenta, to which several small curved ovules are attached. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The sides of the galleries contain several rows of loculi, sometimes six or eight. Pagan and Christian Rome
The bodies were laid in loculi, sometimes in two or three tiers, the loculi being filled in with earth and stone. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine
It had no loculi, but recesses in the wall to receive sarcophagi. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
Accordingly, many abscess cavities resulting from deep-seated suppuration are of irregular shape, with pouches and loculi in various directions—an arrangement which interferes with their successful treatment by incision and drainage. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
A short distance from the entrance, I came to a vestibule surrounded with loculi or rock-hewn graves. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
Tombstones often mention transactions of this kind, and state the cost of purchase for one or more loculi, or for the whole tomb. Pagan and Christian Rome
Three sides of the mighty hall were lined with loculi or niches, each as deep as the length of a man. Romance Island
In the upright walls of these galleries loculi were cut as needed to receive the dead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
Frequently the walls are pitted with the loculi of a columbarium, which, however, appear to be too small to receive cinerary urns and must be intended for some other purpose. How to Observe in Archaeology
The symbol of a foot was carved on the marble slab that closed the loculus or tomb, to indicate that it was the purchased property of the person who reposed in it. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
They then proceeded to the distribution of the loculi in equal lots, the loculi representing, as it were, the dividend of the company. Pagan and Christian Rome
One cannot stand erect in its highest part, but it is to be considered that the loculi are two-thirds full of debris, composed chiefly of decayed bones and bits of glass. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
The main corridor is 12 ft. wide, having three or more ranges of loculi on either side, running longitudinally into the rock, each originally closed by a stone bearing an inscription. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
They are now almost obliterated by being turned into sheep-folds; the roofs have fallen in, and only one preserves the traces of two loculi. The Land of Midian — Volume 2
Several of the horizontal loculi contained the bones of men and beasts: I did not disturb them, as all appeared to be modern. The Land of Midian — Volume 1
The tomb contained one hundred and eighty loculi for cinerary urns, and each of the shareholders was consequently entitled to five. Pagan and Christian Rome
The anthers are minute, with the two cells or loculi remarkably distinct; they contain very little pollen in comparison with those of the perfect flowers. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
Near this a whole region of galleries has been brought to light with loculi intact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
When the loculi only are filled, the main channel of the colon is undisturbed. The Royal Road to Health
The interior is a mixture of upright recesses, probably intended for the gods or demons; and of horizontal loculi, whose grooves show that they had lids. The Land of Midian — Volume 1
Evidently some places259 were more desirable than others, and if we remember how columbaria are built, it is not difficult to see which loculi must have been most in demand. Pagan and Christian Rome
The walls of the compartments are occupied by arched sepulchral recesses, above and below which are tiers of ordinary graves or loculi. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
The mode of interment, however, is the same as that practised in Rome, and the loculi and arcosolia differ by little in the two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
It is undoubtedly a fact that the loculi of the colon contain small faecal accumulations extending over weeks, months, or even years. The Royal Road to Health
Doric, the only sign of ornamentation found inside the tombs; a small break in the south-western wall connects it with the northernmost loculus of No. 2. The Land of Midian — Volume 1
These inferiæ, or rites, could be celebrated easily if the loculus and the cinerary urn were near the ground, while ladders were required to reach the upper tiers. Pagan and Christian Rome
The original entrance to the cemetery leads directly into a spacious corridor with no loculi, but recesses for sarcophagi, and decorations of the classical style of the 2nd century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
The loculi here also are set endways to the passage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
Some of the loculi were closed with tiles, others with pagan inscriptions which the fossores had found by chance in tunnelling their way into the crypt. Pagan and Christian Rome
Next to it is a square with six open loculi ranged from north to south. The Land of Midian — Volume 1
The arcosolia were dismantled, and the loculi violated one by one. Pagan and Christian Rome
The Christians scattered the relics of the first occupants, knocked down their busts, built arcosolia in the three recesses of the Greek cross, and honeycombed with loculi the side walls of the corridor. Pagan and Christian Rome
Interment in the wall-recess or loculus, though infinitely the most common, was not the only mode employed in the catacombs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
Two loculi, excavated near the286 entrance outside the corridor, contained bodies of infants with magic circlets around their necks. Pagan and Christian Rome
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