Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

ajuar

English translation:

grave goods

Added to glossary by peterinmadrid
Jun 7, 2007 13:06
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

ajuar

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Archaeology Excavation of ovens for making pottery in Southern Spain
La difunta había sido incinerada fuera de la fosa y colocada dentro con un ajuar compuesto por incensarios de vidrio, collares de cuentas vítreas y, sobre todo, un amuleto protector, consistente en un anillo de cuarzo azul en el que se talló una garza, en una escena de gran precisión muy repetida por entonces.
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Non-PRO (1): Noni Gilbert Riley

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Proposed translations

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grave goods

I've been chewing on this one, because something about it was niggling me. As I said, ajuar is used to describe the things that go alongside the body in the grave, as well as the other more common sense of stuff you take to your married life. A bit of googling has led me to grave goods, which I feel a lot more comfortable about. It's described in wiki, but I'm putting in a couple more references, because we all know that wiki isn't the last word on things always!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_goods
www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PGlossary?readfor...
antiquity.ac.uk/reviews/bailey.html (paragraph 4)


Peer comment(s):

agree Helena Chavarria : Yes, I have also found 'grave goods'.
3732 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Noni. I have put "set of grave goods""
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3 mins

trousseau / personal possessions

Webster's
trousseau
: the personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares

DRAE
ajuar.

(Del ár. hisp. aššiwár o aššuwár, y este del ár. clás. šawār o šiwār).

1. m. Conjunto de muebles, enseres y ropas de uso común en la casa.

2. m. Conjunto de muebles, alhajas y ropas que aporta la mujer al matrimonio.
Peer comment(s):

agree Noni Gilbert Riley : Ajuar is also for funerals.
38 mins
agree Lydia De Jorge
1 hr
agree Hasselt
2 hrs
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