Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a vase or other receptacle for bones; an ossuary.
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Examples
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A first century A.D. fluted and vase-shaped ostotheca (ash urn) was located in the vicinity.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 18: Suburban 2003
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This week another ostotheca fragment decorated with an ivy wreath (dating to late Hellenistic/early Imperial times) was found reused in the base of the southwest corner pilaster.
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A nice find from the site of Hisar, now taken to the city hall of Canakli, is a limestone ostotheca, an ash and bone container.
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An early Hellenistic ostotheca from Hisar, now near the belediye building of Canakli.
hernesheir commented on the word ostotheca
An ash-urn or ossuary.
December 11, 2010