corbeled dome

A dome built by corbeling. In a corbeled dome each course of stone projects inward beyond the lower course until they meet at the top with a capstone. See also: corbeled arch.

Corbeled dome. “Treasury of Atreus,” Mycenae, Greece. Mycenaean. Ca. 1300-1200 BCE.

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