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The author presents a proposed translation of the uncertain architectural term c d, found within the Chester Beatty love poems. It is argued to correlate with the archaeologically well-attested mechanism called a Stoßschlüssel, used for both barring and unlocking a door and thus acting as a combined...

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Main Author: Hinson, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2013
In: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Year: 2013, Volume: 140, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-131
Further subjects:B love poem
B Architecture
B Translation Holy See (motif)
B key
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Summary:The author presents a proposed translation of the uncertain architectural term c d, found within the Chester Beatty love poems. It is argued to correlate with the archaeologically well-attested mechanism called a Stoßschlüssel, used for both barring and unlocking a door and thus acting as a combined lock and key.
ISSN:2196-713X
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1524/zaes.2013.0012