stomionn.
/ˈstɒmiːɒn/ Greek Archaeology.
The entrance to an ancient tomb.
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1934 E. Gjerstad et al. Swedish Cyprus Exped. I. 35 Three chambers..roughly circular, or oval in shape with horizontal floors, and steeply sloping tunnel-shaped stomia.
1934 E. Gjerstad et al. Swedish Cyprus Exped. I. 47 The proper dromos of Chamber B was never excavated. The stomion is very long and slightly curved eastwards.
1946 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1940–5 41 79 The tombs were entered by a narrow passage (dromos), sometimes wider below than above, with a rectangular doorway (stomion in SEC descriptions) closed by a limestone slab.
1969 V. Karageorghis Cyprus iii. 152 Towards the middle of the 7th century the same tomb was re-used by cutting a passage through the filling of the dromos of the first burial to provide access to the stomion of the chamber.
1970 Mariner's Mirror 56 390 Anchors..were broken in antiquity before being used as fill in the stomion of a tomb last closed in the 11th century B.C.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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