stēlē (English spelling) stele

Japanese: stēlē(英語表記)stele
stēlē (English spelling) stele

…The tombs in the Mycenae citadel (c. 1500 BC) were built in 14 pits in a 10m diameter area surrounded by stone slabs, and 24 bodies were buried there with their gold and silver grave goods. The ancient Greeks built necropolises outside the cities, and generally built simple tombs, with reliefs and inscriptions carved into vertical stone slabs called stēlē. However, some cities also had magnificent tombs, and the tombs in the necropolis of Xanthos are well known. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "stēlē" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,ミュケナイ城内の墳墓(前1500ころ)は,板石で囲んだ直径10mの土地に14個の竪穴を掘り,24体の遺体を金銀の副葬品とともに埋めてあった。古代ギリシア人は,都市の外にネクロポリスを設け,一般的には墓そのものを簡素につくり,ステレstēlēと呼ばれる縦長の板石に浮彫や銘文を刻んで墓石とした。しかし,都市によっては壮麗な墓も見られ,クサントスXanthosのネクロポリスの墳墓群は著名である。…

※「stēlē」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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