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pronaos
[Co].
[Co].
A small porch through which the cella of a Greek temple was entered and the cult statue approached.
prondnik
[Ar].
[Ar].
An asymmetrical bifacially worked scraping tool found in Middle Palaeolithic assemblages in central Europe.
prone burial
[De].
[De].
A burial in which the corpse has been deposited facing downwards into the ground. See also
SUPINE BURIAL
.
SUPINE BURIAL
.
prophylactic
[Ge].
[Ge].
Literally, ‘intended to guard against (evil)’. Used, for example, to describe the eyes painted on either side of the handles of a wine-cup.
propylon
(pl.
propylaea
)
[Co].
(pl.
propylaea
)
[Co].
In Greece, a dignified entrance between columns to a sanctuary, temple, agora, or a major building within an enclosure: an idea from Minoan architecture adapted by the Mycenaeans and retained in the classical period.
proskenion
[Co].
[Co].
The front of the low building which supported the stage in the developed Greek theatre.
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