Armarium

Japanese: armarium
Armarium

…A box-shaped piece of furniture for storing things is generally called a cabinet, and a piece of storage furniture with shelves and a door that can be opened and closed on the front is called a cupboard. No remains of cupboards have been found from ancient Egypt to the Greek period, but remains of a Roman cupboard with shelves and doors made of marble, called an armarium, remain. It was originally used as a cupboard for storing weapons (arma), but in the imperial period it was also used as a cupboard for storing food. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "armarium" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…物を収納する箱形の家具をキャビネットcabinetと総称し,そのなかで棚と前面に開閉する扉を付けた収納家具を戸棚(カバドcupboard)という。古代エジプトからギリシア時代までは戸棚の遺構が見いだされていないが,ローマ時代にはアルマリウムarmariumとよぶ,大理石で作られた棚板と扉を備えた戸棚の遺構が残されている。それは初め武器armaを収納する戸棚として使用されていたが,帝政時代には食料を収納する戸棚としても用いられた。…

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