Charon's obol
Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. Archaeological examples of these coins, of various denominations in practice, have been called "the most famous grave goods from antiquity."
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Charon's obol
Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. Archaeological examples of these coins, of various denominations in practice, have been called "the most famous grave goods from antiquity."
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Charon's obol is an allusive t ...... to prevent it from returning.
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Ein sogenannter Charonspfennig ...... in das Frühmittelalter hinein.
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Obol zmarłych lub obol Charona ...... należności etnicznej zmarłego.
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Óbolo de Caronte é um termo al ...... o morto ou evitar seu retorno.
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عملة خارون المعدنية هو تورية ل ...... ر شهرة من الكلاسيكية القديمة."
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Charon’s Obol. 5th-1st century ...... e often found in burial sites.
Medusa coin from the Black Sea ...... chor and crustacean on reverse
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Charon's obol is an allusive t ...... s grave goods from antiquity."
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Ein sogenannter Charonspfennig ...... in das Frühmittelalter hinein.
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Obol zmarłych lub obol Charona ...... należności etnicznej zmarłego.
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Óbolo de Caronte é um termo al ...... ns mortuários da Antiguidade".
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عملة خارون المعدنية هو تورية ل ...... ر شهرة من الكلاسيكية القديمة."
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Charon's obol
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Charonspfennig
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Obol zmarłych
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Óbolo de Caronte
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عملة خارون المعدنية
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