单词 | pygmy cup |
释义 | > as lemmaspygmy cup pygmy cup n. Archaeology a type of very small cup found at some ancient burial sites. ΚΠ 1935 Times 26 Apr. 19/6 In the central grave were found two cinerary urns and a pygmy cup containing fragments of charred bones and charcoal. 1963 H. N. Savory in I. L. Foster & L. Alcock Culture & Environment iii. 43 The Breach Farm barrow, with its dry-stone wall kerb and its fine biconical Pygmy Cup. 1990 J. Dyer Anc. Brit. (1997) 100 Amongst early Bronze Age ceramics mention must be made of a series of tiny vessels called pygmy or incense cups. < as lemmas |
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