arculum
arcŭlum, i, n. dim. [arcus],
- a roll or hoop placed upon the head for the purpose of carrying the vessels at public sacrifices, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll.
arcŭlum, ī, n. (arcus), couronne faite dʼune branche de grenadier : Serv. En. 4, 137 ; v. inarculum P. Fest. 113.
ARCULUM
AR´CULUMa kind of porter's knot or pad for carrying burdens, for which the usual Latin word is CESTICILLUSThe latter word seems to have been appropriated to secular, arculum to sacred uses (P. Diac. s. vv. pp. 14, 35, Müll.).
The illustration is from a terra-cotta figure discovered by Mr. Newton at Halicarnassus, and now in the British Museum. It represents a Canephoros carrying a sacred vessel on her head by the aid of a pad, which must have. corresponded to the Roman arculum.
[W.W]Arcŭlum
A kind of porter's knot or pad for carrying burdens on the head. See Cesticillus.