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ID: 300391177
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300391177

 

Record Type: concept
grave pillars (sepulchral monuments, funerary structures, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Sepulchral monuments in the form of freestanding pillars; distinguished by being taller and generally having less breadth than a tombstone or a stele, but often having more depth. Grave pillars were common in several ancient cultures and continue in modern usage.
 
Terms:
grave pillars (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
grave pillar (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
pillars, grave (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
grafzuilen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
grafzuil (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of ceremonial structures
........................ ceremonial structures (G)
Hierarchy of funerary structures
............................ funerary structures (G)
Hierarchy of sepulchral monuments
................................ sepulchral monuments (G)
Hierarchy of grave pillars
.................................... grave pillars (P,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Grafmonument in de vorm van een vrijstaande zuil, meestal aan de bovenzijde afgebroken om de abruptheid van de dood te symboliseren. 

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  stelae
..................................................  (<monuments by form>, monuments, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300007023]
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  tombstones (sepulchral monuments)
..................................................  (sepulchral monuments, funerary structures, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300005923]

Sources and Contributors:
grafzuil............  [AAT-Ned]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Am-MovE thesaurus
.................  Religieus Erfgoed (2008)
.................  Religieuserfgoed, objecten ABC
grafzuilen............  [AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  Am-MovE thesaurus
.......................  Religieus Erfgoed (2008)
.......................  Religieuserfgoed, objecten ABC
grave pillar............  [AAT-Ned, VP]
.......................  Crowley, Role of Mortuary Ritual (2011)
.......................  Dictionary Van Dale En-Ne
grave pillars............  [AAT-Ned, VP Preferred]
..........................  Crowley, Role of Mortuary Ritual (2011)
..........................  Dictionary Van Dale En-Ne
..........................  Meijer, Gladiators: History's Most Deadly Sport (2007) x, table of illustrations
..........................  Watson, Ancient Stepmothers (1995) 13
pillars, grave............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Crowley, Role of Mortuary Ritual (2011)
Dutch .......... [AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Am-MovE thesaurus
.......... Religieus Erfgoed (2008)
.......... Religieuserfgoed, objecten ABC
.......... Woordenlijst religieuze voorwerpen

 

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