cinerary urn

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

Properly, a receptacle for the ashes of a corpse which has been incinerated. The term is connected with the Latin verb meaning to burn to ashes; and is connected either with the original use of vessels of burnt or baked clay for the purpose, or by the allusion to the burning of the bodies of the dead… (Sturgis, 1900)

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