The reduction in size distinguishes the chariot from other funerary objects.
尺度令铜车马区别于其他随葬品。
At this time, people were probably quite dispersed in the landscape and they may have come here to exchange goods, to find marriage partners, to exchange cattle, perhaps to conduct rituals and ceremonies including some funerary rituals.
这时候的人们大概是住的比较分散的,来这里可能是为了交换物品、寻找婚配、交换牲畜,也或许是为了举行祭祀仪式,包括些葬仪式。
The Phoenicians were known for their fine metal working skill, and an interesting example of this is Achilles in Homer's " Iliad" , who presents a beautiful Phoenician silver crater as a prize in Patroclus' funerary games.
腓尼基人以其精湛的金属加工技巧而闻名,荷马史诗《伊利亚特》中的阿喀琉斯就是个有趣的子,他在普特洛克勒斯的葬礼游戏中提供了个美丽的腓尼基银陨石坑作为奖品。