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Soapstone (also
known as
steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist,
which is a type of
metamorphic rock. It is
composed largely of the
magnesium rich mineral...
- Priest-King, in ****stan
often King-Priest, is a
small male
figure sculpted in
steatite found during the
excavation of the
ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro...
- 2600–1900 BC;
burnt steatite; 3.8 × 3.8 × 1 cm;
Metropolitan Museum of Art Seal with two-horned bull and inscription; 2010 BC;
steatite; overall: 3.2 x 3...
- seal; the
adjective "so-called"
sometimes applied to "Pashupati"), is a
steatite seal
which was
uncovered in Mohenjo-daro, ****stan, a
major urban site...
-
smoking pipe
traditionally made of
either clay or a soft
stone (such as
steatite or catlinite). It was used po****rly in
India in the
eighteenth century...
- The "Priest King"
sculpture is
carved from
steatite....
-
princely dhoti and the
royal turban. The
Bimaran casket was kept in a
steatite box, with
inscriptions stating that it
contained some
relics of the Buddha...
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String of beads; 3300–3100 BC; carnelian, garnet,
quartz and
glazed steatite; length: 20.5
centimetres (8.1 in); by
Naqada III
culture Metropolitan...
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especially the
rhyton cup, were also
produced in soft
stones such as
steatite, but
there was
almost no
overlap with
metal vessels.
Pottery sarcophagus...
- to the Magdalenian. Such
figurines were
carved from soft
stone (such as
steatite,
calcite or limestone), bone or ivory, or
formed of clay and fired. The...