Inventory number
Inventory number assigned arbitrary and automatically by the system. It is determined
only by the order of cataloging tombs.
Tomb name
The column contains information about name / names under which the tomb is mentioned in
publications. These may be common names as well as inventory numbers given by other researchers.
Site name
The contemporary name of the place where the tomb was discovered is given first. In brackets,
the ancient names of these settlements are given.
Country
This item contains information about the name of the contemporary country in which the tomb
has been discovered.
Map
On the map the approximate location of the tomb is marked.
Dating
The item contains the dating of the foundation and the time of use of the tomb.
The minimum capacity
It is a numerical information about the number of loculi, arcosolia etc., which were
intended for burials. When the tomb does not have such places designated for deposition
of bodies, the number 1 is recorded as the minimum number of potential burials.
The minimum number of burials
This is information about the minimum number of identified burials in a given tomb.
Number of chambers
This item contains the minimum number of chambers in the tomb The basic assumption is
that each tomb has at least one chamber.
Form of the tomb
This item contains a simplified classification of tombs. Here featured:
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"Caves", natural hollows in rocks, have not been transformed or transformed in
a very limited way in order to be used as a place of burials.
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The "mausoleum". Understood as a tomb built on aboveground.
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"Pit" is a tomb with a chamber carved in the rock or dug in the ground, accessible
only through shaft.
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"Rock cut tomb " is at least one burial chamber carved in a rock. In some cases,
such objects have built elements (e.g. entrance)
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"Built hypogeum" is understood as an underground tomb, the greater part of which
was built and not carved in the rock.
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"Tower" is a form of a mausoleum with burial chambers located on several levels.
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"Tumulus" is a burial chamber covered with a conical shaped mound.
Form of burial place
In this column there is a classification of burial sites, which consists of: acrosolia,
bench, loculi, pit, repository, trough.
Type of construction
This is information about whether the tomb was carved in the rock or whether it was built.
It is also possible to combine these two forms within one tomb.
Rite
This is information about what kind of burial practices are certified in the tomb.
Three basic forms can be distinguished here: cremation; inhumation; repositioning.
Facade
This point contains information about whether the tomb has a decorated façade
Internal decorations
Here, the presence of decorations inside the tomb is noted. They can be paintings,
reliefs (including sculptures) and mosaics.
Inscriptions
This item contains information about the presence of the inscription, on the façade
or inside the tomb. They can be engraved or painted on the walls of the tomb or on
its equipment (e.g. ossuaries).
Equipment
This category includes objects related to the way of burial. They can be coffins from
clay, lead, wood, ossuaries, and stone sarcophaguses.
Context
In this place there is information on the context in which the tomb was discovered.
Is the necropolis, on which it was discovered, associated with the city or the village.
Separately treated are crypts built within monasteries or in churches.
Sepulchral equipment
This section includes only information on archaeologically certified objects found inside
the tombs. Lack of certification of specific groups of objects results more from the
preservation state (skin, wood) or the fact that tombs are often robbed.
Bibliography
Bibliographic references in most cases are limited to the latest publications, where you
can also find references to older items.