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    Jan 21, 2007, 02:30 PM
    Dirt inside of crucifixes
    I am wondering what the meaning of "terra _____cumbarum" means? A few of the letters are obscured by the dirt, so I really do not know what other letters are missing.
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    Jan 21, 2007, 02:50 PM
    It's Latin. "Terra" means earth or soil. I'm not sure what the other word is, and could not find it in a Latin dictionary, although it was in an elementary Latin exercise, and appears to be the pural form of whatever word it might be.
    Sorry I can't be of more help.
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    Jan 21, 2007, 03:58 PM
    My understanding it is a small boat, skiff, and also used as the boat that Charon carried the dead across the river Styx
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