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Object types that the Scheme uses

These terms are from the FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus (Forum on Information Standards in Heritage - FISH).

Term Scope note Term type SENESCHAL URI Other URI
ENGRAVED OBJECT A portable object of stone, bone, metal or other material featuring a deliberately engraved or incised design. Invalid term - -
ENGRAVING TOOL A tool used to incise or ipress images. Preferred term 95757 -
ENTABLATURE In the Classical Orders, the horizontal assembly of architrave, frieze and cornice carried upon columns and pilasters. Preferred term 137741 -
ENTERCLOSE A passage between two rooms in a house or leading from the door to the hall. Preferred term 137742 -
ENTRANCE A place of entry into a site, monument or building. Preferred term 137743 -
ENTRANCE BLOCK A building forming part of a complex or larger establishment, such as a workhouse, that serves as an entrance equipped with facilities associated with procedures undergone by new arrivals. Preferred term 141281 -
ENTRANCE GRAVE A form of Neolithic burial monument primarily found in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles. It comprises a round cairn, usually with a retaining wall or kerb, and an entrance leading directly into a chamber. Preferred term 70065 -
ENTRANCE HALL The passage, area, lobby, room or vestibule into which a building's main entrance opens. Preferred term 137744 -
Entrance Lodge Narrow term 87695 -
ENTRENCHING TOOL A small tool with a shovel blade and a pick blade set at right angles to the handle. Preferred term 100155 -
Entrenchment Narrow term 70846 -
EPAULETTE An ornamental shoulder piece, usually a badge of military office. Preferred term 96687 -
Epicranitis Narrow term - -
Epileptic Colony Narrow term 91864 -
Episcopal Palace Narrow term 70581 -
Epistyle Narrow term 137745 -
Equestrian Statue Narrow term 91865 -
EQUILATERAL ARCH An arch whose height is equal to its span. Preferred term 137746 -
ERECTING SHOP Engineering workshop used for the final assembly of vehicles or structures from parts produced elsewhere in an engineering works. Preferred term 71596 -
Erecting Workshop Narrow term 163021 -
ESCALATOR Staircase whose moving steps are driven mechanically whilst remaining permanently in a horizontal plane allowing users or objects to be moved effortlessly from one level to another, within or outside a building. Preferred term 159276 -
ESCAPE TUNNEL A tunnel built to allow internees (in a camp, prison etc.) to escape. Preferred term 140809 -
ESCORT VESSEL A warship used to provide an escort to other warships or merchant ships against attack. Preferred term - -
ESCUTCHEON A decorative feature of a shield for armorial bearings. Preferred term 137747 -
Escutcheon This appears on a number of objects, use appropriate term eg, bucket, keyhole, hanging bowl etc. Narrow term - -
ESPARTO GRASS A grass, used in paper making, native to Spain and North Africa. Preferred term 84688 -
ESSENCE FACTORY A factory, or group of buildings, containing apparatus used to extract specific properties, e.g flavour or scent, from natural ingredients. Preferred term 94170 -
Estate Agent Narrow term 91866 -
Estate Boundary Narrow term 70598 -
ESTATE BUILDING A building situated within the estate of a manor or country house. Preferred term 91867 -

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