A Habit of Providing the dead with padlocks against the background of Ashkenazi funeral rites

This paper discusses a habit of providing the dead with padlocks, which was widespread in the Jewish population in Central-Eastern Europe. The main source of data for this habit are archaeological examinations. Defining the origin of this rite seems problematic. The habit was discussed against the...

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Main Author: Kalina Skóra
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2016-12-01
Series:Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2073
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