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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

mamellato

English translation:

mamillated

Added to glossary by Isabelle Johnson
May 7, 2020 12:46
4 yrs ago
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Italian term

mamellato

Italian to English Other Archaeology
bellissimo Idolo in due pezzi, mancante delle piante, di 12 in 13 Polici d’altezza … composto di cotta composizione mamellata con una bellisima vernice blù, piena di bellissimi jerolifici.

On the subject of Egyptian antiquities.
Thanks very much for any help.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 mamillated
3 -1 blunty/rounded protuberance

Discussion

Isabelle Johnson (asker) May 7, 2020:
Hello Wendy Thanks for that. Yes I saw that but it isn't clear what it refers to.
Wendy Streitparth May 7, 2020:
Therre are pictures of earrings with globo mammellato in the link below. Don't know if this helps.

http://www.hotelcalabona.it/public/2015/i_gioielli.pdf

Coppia di orecchini a globo mammellato proveniente da Bortigali,

Orecchino a globo mammellato rinvenuto a Cabras, presso Tharros.


n Sardegna ne sono stati ritrovati numerosi esemplari sianella versione minimale, sia nella configurazione detta“a globo mammellato”
Marco Solinas May 7, 2020:
To Asker Yes, a lot of guesswork, far too much.
Isabelle Johnson (asker) May 7, 2020:
Thanks very much Marco Very useful indeed. It's all a little inconclusive isn't it? As these examples are so varied. I might need to pass it back to the author, especially as I have, in any case, no idea how to translate it.
Marco Solinas May 7, 2020:
To Asker See this for the meaning of "mammellato": https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/en-it/mammellato/ . The pictures that I have found for something "mammellato" ( https://www.google.com/search?q="mammellato"&tbm=isch&source... ) show protrusions that (with a bit of imagination) suggest breasts.
Luca Gentili May 7, 2020:
Mammellato means "in the shape of a breast" (or at least resembling a nipple). Here you can see come pictures https://www.google.it/search?q=mammellato&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUK...
Isabelle Johnson (asker) May 7, 2020:
Yes's Phil's martellato does seem a possibility.
Isabelle Johnson (asker) May 7, 2020:
I suppose martellato is a possibility, though it feels like a bit of a long shot. I'll try to see if that is plausible for Egyptian antiquities.
Isabelle Johnson (asker) May 7, 2020:
Yes it might be a typo for mammellato though I found both on the web. I just don't understand what it means:
e.g.:http://vast-lab.org/thesaurus/ra/vocab/index.php?tema=1513&/...
philgoddard May 7, 2020:
Martellato?
Marco Solinas May 7, 2020:
To Asker Could it be a typo for "mammellato"? Something like this: https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1180051...

Proposed translations

+4
3 hrs
Selected

mamillated

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02deF73l9b5l7qd13j2...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-05-07 15:52:01 GMT)
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List of Additions Made to the Collections in the British ...books.google.co.uk › books
... in Egyptian emerald , amethyst , carnelian , with rectangular mamillated pieces of ... headed and another deity standing facing ANTIQUITIES , COINS , ETC .
British Museum - 1839 - ‎Manuscripts

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt: during the campaigns of ...books.google.co.uk › books
No antiquities are found in this town, but the Lybian chain, at the foot of which it ... of whiteness, divided at intervals with large mammillated and concentric flints, ...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-05-07 15:53:04 GMT)
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sorry

mammillated


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mammillated

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-05-07 16:00:11 GMT)
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the second reference is irrelevant!
Note from asker:
Thanks Liz. How wonderful!
Peer comment(s):
agree Wendy Streitparth : Well-done! Can be with one or two "m"s
8 mins
Thank you!
agree philgoddard : I spent ages on this one, and it was right there in front of my nose :+)
23 mins
I couldn't remember the word initially, but then realised I'd translated a similar word from the French in the distant past!:)
agree Barbara Carrara : Brava, Liz!
13 hrs
agree Shabelula : widely used in medicine, too
2 days 16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much indeed!"
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3 hrs

blunty/rounded protuberance

... composed/built of a bluntly rounded protuberance composition with a beautiful blue paint, full of beautiful jerheries.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mammillated
Peer comment(s):
disagree philgoddard : This is just not English. And "jerheries"?
1 hr
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