Acropolis : high part of the city

Acroterion) : decorative pattern ornating the top and the corners of the front of temples and of other buildings

Agora : main square in the Greek city

Àrula : small altar, usually made of clay

Betilus : cone-shaped sacred stone

Bucchero): kind of black or dark grey glossy pottery especially produced in Etruria

Caduceus: cane with two snakes symmetrically intertwined  on top of it 

Carinate : with a  keel- shaped projection

Cèntina:  bent profile of an architectonic element 

Chiton: dress in light cloth, waist-fastened by a string and shoulder  clasped 

Cocciopesto: compact mixture of clay fragments with  lime

Coroplastic: the art of producing terracotta

Curtain : hangings or part of the walls

Cothon: artificial dry dock  for boats, typical of the Phoenician cities

Chtonic:  referring to the earth and to the underworld

Dromos: gallery or access corridor to a grave chamber

Ecista : founder

Aedicule: small temple or chapel with a holy image inside

Enkytrismòs:  grave in large clay container

Exedra : mostly semicircular  area provided with seats   

Favissae: repositories within which cult material is interred      

Fibula) : safety pin

Fictile : made of clay, terracotta.

Granulation : small grain - gold workmanship

Hypogeous: underground room

Ippodameus: it refers to a urbanistic system with regular plans and orthogonal crossroads, named after the architect Ippodamus from Miletus who first codified it.

Isodomo: it refers to the  regular block masonry arrayed by height and thickness

Koine: it refers to a common culture

Lesena: Half-pilaster or half-column without base or capital projecting slightly from a wall; it can be smooth or ornate and has an essentially decorative function

Metope: Any of the spaces between two triglyphs on a Doric frieze

Molk: Phoenician votive sacrifice                                      

Postern: A small open gate, especially one in a fort or castle,usually in a hidden place or far from the main entrances

Pronaos: space between the cell and the temple entrance.

Stylobate: the immediate foundation of a row of classical columns or,  according to the extension, temple  basement

Suffeti:  High Carthaginian judicial power in charge for a year

Tanit, sign of: geometric symbol consiting of a circle, a horizontal line and a triangle, conventionally referred to Tanit, Carthaginian goddess.

Tèmenos: sacred space

Tympanum:triangular space of the fronton

Tofet:  open air Phoenician sacrificial shrine