Gourd-shaped tomb

Japanese: 瓢形墳 - ひょうけいふん

(1) A form of tomb from the Silla period in Korea. Two circular tombs were built at different times to bury two deceased persons in close proximity to each other, and part of the earlier mound was removed to add a new one. For example, the Hwangnamdaetzuka in Gyeongju has two tombs, each 80m in diameter, placed side by side from north to south with a long diameter of 120m, meaning that one-quarter of the earlier mound was destroyed. It is known that the Hwangnamdaetzuka was a couple's tomb, with the man buried in the earlier southern tomb and the woman buried in the newly added northern tomb.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

(1)朝鮮，新羅時代の墳墓の形式。2人の被葬者を近接した地点に葬るために，時期をへだてて2基の円墳を築造したもので，先につくった墳丘の一部を除去して新しい墳丘を増設する。慶州皇南大塚に例をとっていえば，径80mの2墳を南北に並設した長径が120mというから，先につくった墳丘の4分の1は破壊をうけたことになる。皇南大塚は先につくった南墳に男性を葬り，増設した北墳に女性を葬った夫婦塚であることが判明している。

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