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IFA
[Ab].
[Ab].
Ihy
[Di].
[Di].
Egyptian god of music, shown as a boy with the side-lock of youth and carrying a sistrum. Son of Horus and Hathor.
Illinois Hopewellian
[CP].
[CP].
illuvial horizon
[De].
[De].
Part of a soil profile where minerals, humus, or plant nutrients have been deposited after being washed down from above.
imbrex
[Ar].
[Ar].
A Latin term used to describe a semi-cylindrical tile used to cover the flanges of two adjoining
TEGULAE
. A roof-ridge tile, semi-circular in cross-section.
TEGULAE
. A roof-ridge tile, semi-circular in cross-section.
imbrication
[De].
[De].
A term applied to the overlapping arrangement of
ORTHOSTATS
forming the side walls of some Neolithic
CLYDE–CARLINGFORD
tombs in the west of Britain. Starting from the front of the chamber each pair of orthostats overlaps with the pair in front on the outside.
ORTHOSTATS
forming the side walls of some Neolithic
CLYDE–CARLINGFORD
tombs in the west of Britain. Starting from the front of the chamber each pair of orthostats overlaps with the pair in front on the outside.
Imhotep
[Di].
[Di].
Egyptian god, chief minister of Djoser of the 3rd Dynasty. Architect of the Step Pyramid at Sakkara, and later deified and worshipped as a god of medicine. He is shown as a man holding a roll of papyrus. Equated by the Greeks with Asklepios and Imouthes.
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