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Definition of Cippus

Cippus
Cippus Cip"pus, n.; pl. Cippi. [L., stake, post.] A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. --Gwilt.

Meaning of Cippus from wikipedia

- Sarteano Cippus surmounted by a pine cone, which symbolizes the tree of life Castel Goffredo, La Pigna monument Etruscan warrior head cippus Beccut cippus Cippus...
- The Cippus Perusinus is a stone tablet (cippus) discovered on the hill of San Marco, in Perugia, Italy, in 1822. The tablet bears 46 lines of incised Etruscan...
- Tabula Bantina. The Cippus Abell**** is part of the collection of the History and Archaeology Museum of Nola [it] in Nola, Italy. The Cippus Abell**** was discovered...
- The Beccut cippus is an archaeological artifact found in 1953 in Makthar (Tunisia). It is preserved in the town's archaeological museum, opened in 1967...
- The Abdmiskar cippus is a white marble cippus in obelisk form discovered in Sidon, Lebanon, dated to 300 BCE. Discovered in 1890 by Joseph-Ange Durig****o...
- Tajuria cippus, the pea**** royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. Male. Upperside dark cyaneous-blue, shining...
- inscriptions are the Tabula Bantina, the Oscan Tablet or Tabula Osca, and the Cippus Abell****. In Apulia, there is evidence that ancient currency was inscribed...
- Comitium, where the cippus was found, is very close to the left side of this crossing. This fact would make it natural that the cippus were placed exactly...
- with ritual formulae. It is dated to about 500 BC. The Cippus Perusinus, a stone slab (cippus) found at Perugia, which probably functioned as a border...
- subfamily. The genus contains a single described species Haidoterminus cippus and is known from one Late Cretaceous fossil which has been found in North...