Estela Discoidea

(funerarias)


Las estelas discoideas son monumentos funerarios de piedra que se clavaban en el suelo, ante la tumba, antes de que se generalizara la costumbre de emplear la cruz como símbolo cristiano. Se denomina estela porque simboliza el rastro profundo que deja la ausencia del difunto en sus seres queridos, y discoidea por su forma de disco circular.


The “discoid stelae” are funerary stone monuments driven in the ground in front of a grave. They were used before the cross, as a christian symbol, became more widely seen. It is called “stela” because it represents the deep signs leaved by the deceased on the people they loved; and “discoid” for its rounded shape.

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