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Elongated alabaster chalice with splayed foot andevertedflattenedthelongstemslightly splayedatthebase.Through;themainrawmaterialwassoftsteatiteoradarksoapstone,butalsovariouskindsofmarbleandwhiteveinedalabaster.Themainsourceforthesestones,includinginnorthwestern Afghanistan,whichprovidedmaterialnotonlyforthe Bactrianand Margiancarversbutalsofarthertothewestinto Mesopotamia,forthe Assyriankings.Whiteveinedalabasterwasindeedusedincludingsmallvases with disproportionately long stems and low capacity, such as the one here illustrated.
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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