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Grave symbol for empty tomb?

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  • 14-10-2021 9:19pm
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    pjcb
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    Does this carving on a grave symbolise Jesus' empty tomb?

    https://i.imgur.com/Ko3WTDX.jpg

    or what does it signify, could a carving of the lamb of god fallen out, there multiples of this. on graves in Glasnevin

    https://imgur.com/a/qwFwTr1

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    whisky_galore
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    About a decade ago, there was a spike in metal theft including bronze WW1 'Dead Mens' Pennies' prised from headstones.



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    GM228
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    Perhaps a question to be directed to the Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, they have a section dedicated to the various symbols I believe and I have seen them answer queries in relation to specific symbols on graves on their Facebook page in the past.



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    Peregrinus
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    My guess is that - as you suggest yourself - it's a inset in which a metal plaque was mounted, probably with an image of the Agnus Dei. You know the one - the lamb is lying down, facing left, has a foreleg crooked either around a cross, or around a staff on which is mounted a white banner with a red cross.

    If you look on the back of the headstone, or on the plinth on which it's mounted, there's often the name of the masons who supplied it. There may have been a firm of masons who supplied a design with a mounted plaque of this kind.



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