Pillar tombs

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > ceremonial structures > funerary structures > tombs > <tombs by form>

Descripción

Tombs characterized by a single pillar or obelisk extending from the burial chamber, usually on the north or east side of the structure. This form is wholly distinctive to East Africa, being particularly typical of Swahili funerary architecture.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263483

Otros términos

  • pilaartomben [nl]
  • pilares funerarios [es]
  • pillar tomb [en]
  • minara [en]
  • mnara [en]
  • pillar-tomb [en]
  • pillar-tombs [en]
  • tomb, pillar [en]
  • tombs, pillar [en]
  • pilar funerario [es]