grave goods

noun

The artefacts (jewellery, animals, slaves, etc) buried with a dead person in a grave or tomb.

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Meanings

noungrave goods pl (normally plural, singular grave good)

singular grave good · alternative grave-goods

  1. pluralplural normallyarchaeologyThe artefacts (jewellery, animals, slaves, etc) buried with a dead person in a grave or tomb.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 陪葬品
  • 陪葬品 (péizàngpǐn)objects buried with a body
Danish gravgods, gravgave
  • gravgodsobjects buried with a body
  • gravgaveobjects buried with a body
French mobilier funéraire
  • mobilier funéraireobjects buried with a body
German Grabbeigabe, Grabbeigaben
  • Grabbeigabeobjects buried with a body
  • Grabbeigabenobjects buried with a body
  • Totengabeobjects buried with a body
Indonesian bekal kubur
  • bekal kuburobjects buried with a body
Italian corredo
  • corredoobjects buried with a body
Norwegian Bokmål gravgods
  • gravgodsobjects buried with a body
Russian погреба́льные предме́ты
  • погреба́льные предме́ты (pogrebálʹnyje predméty)objects buried with a body
Spanish ajuar funerario
  • ajuar funerarioobjects buried with a body
Cite this entry
APA

grave goods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grave%20goods

MLA

“grave goods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grave%20goods. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grave goods,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grave%20goods.

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