Burial

Egyptian religion

• Burial is used in Egyptian religion.

  The Book of the Dead is a funerary corpus for the buried and wrapped dead — spells for safe passage after burial. Egyptian burial practice in that corpus, not a generic graveside mood and not cremation.

  from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972

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• Burial appears in Egyptian religion.

  Herodotus’s Egyptian logos details burial and embalming customs at length. A named burial in that traveler’s speech, not Book of the Dead funerary furniture alone and not an unminted mummification entity.

  from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

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Roman religion

• Burial appears in Roman religion.

  Virgil’s Aeneid seats burial among Misenus’s funeral, Polydorus’s mound, and the games for Anchises. A named burial in that epic, not Egyptian Book of the Dead burial restated and not a cemetery dump.

  from Virgil · Aeneid, 19 BCE (unfinished at the poet’s death)

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• Bier is used in Burial.

  Virgil’s Aeneid seats the bier under Misenus, Pallas, and other funeral processions where the body is carried to pyre or tomb. Bier used in burial practice in that epic, not tumulus as the mound place and not coffin as a closed box dump.

  from Virgil · Aeneid, 19 BCE (unfinished at the poet’s death)

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Norse tradition

• Burial appears in Norse tradition.

  Poetic Edda heroic lays seat burial and howe speech among the dead’s disposal and mourning. A named burial rite in that verse corpus, not cremation as fire-disposal and not a generic funeral essence.

  from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014

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Hellenic religion

• Burial appears in Hellenic religion.

  Pausanias describes graves, hero burials, and funerary marks along Greek roads and sanctuaries. A named burial practice in that periegesis, not Egyptian/Roman burial seats alone and not tomb as the built marker already walked.

  from Pausanias · Description of Greece, c. 150–180 CE

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• Larnax is used in Burial.

  Iliad 24 seats Hector’s gathered bones in a golden λάρναξ after the pyre, among Trojan burial speech. A named chest used in that burial, not a Minoan bathtub-larnax dump and not every later sarcophagus.

  from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

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Vedic tradition

• Burial appears in Vedic tradition.

  The Ṛgveda funeral hymns also know earth-interment beside fire-disposal — burial speech for the dead in that corpus. A named Vedic burial, not cremation as fire-disposal alone and not a generic grave dump.

  from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older

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Mesopotamian tradition

• Shekel weight is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats weighed treasure among Enkidu’s funeral offerings and the precious goods Gilgamesh sets out for the dead. Shekel-weight used in that burial-offering measure speech, not a second appears_in→mesopotamian beside the Herodotus seat already held.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Mina weight is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats mina-scale weighed goods among funeral treasure speech for Enkidu. Mina-weight used in that burial-offering measure neighborhood, not a second appears_in→mesopotamian beside the Herodotus seat already held.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Talent weight is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats large weighed treasure among funeral offerings; the talent is the published large-unit weight in that burial-measure neighborhood. Talent-weight used in that funeral speech, not a second appears_in→mesopotamian beside the Herodotus seat already held.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Carnelian is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats carnelian among the precious stones Gilgamesh offers in Enkidu’s funeral. Carnelian used in that burial-offering practice, not lapis as the blue stone already walked and not a second gem dump.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Bone box is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats funeral goods and remains-care among Enkidu’s burial offerings; bone-box is the published osseous-remains container in that burial neighborhood. Bone-box used in that burial practice, not coffer as the treasure chest already walked and not ash-chest as the ash container alone.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Ash chest is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats funeral offerings and the care of the dead after Enkidu; ash-chest is the published ash/remains chest in that burial neighborhood beside bone-box. Ash-chest used in that burial practice, not bone-box as the bone container alone and not coffer as treasure store alone.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Funeral Oration is used in Burial.

  The Epic of Gilgamesh seats Gilgamesh’s spoken praise and farewell over Enkidu among funeral speech at the companion’s death. Funeral-oration used in that burial speech, not lament-performance as sung/performed lament alone.

  from Epic of Gilgamesh, c. 1200 BCE (this recension)

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• Coffin is associated with Burial.

  In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, the Hebrews in derision represented Baal as dead in his coffin and wept for him in rites of burial — the coffin figure is that burial mockery.

  from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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