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Alabaster
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Alabaster is a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder. Archaeologists, geologists, and the stone industry have different definitions for the word alabaster. In archaeology, the
Calcite alabaster: The tomb of Tutankhamun (d. 1323 BC) contained a practical objet d’art, a cosmetics jar made of Egyptian alabaster, which features a lid surmounted by a lioness (goddess Bast).
Calcite alabaster: The tomb of Tutankhamun (d. 1323 BC) contained a practical objet d’art, a cosmetics jar made of Egyptian alabaster, which features
Alabaster artefact: A composite bust of the Emperor Septimius Severus; the head is marble and the bust is alabaster.
Alabaster artefact: A composite bust of the Emperor Septimius Severus; the head is marble and the bust is alabaster.
Alabaster windows in the Church of Santa Maria la Mayor of Morella, Spain (built 13th–16th centuries)
Alabaster windows in the Church of Santa Maria la Mayor of Morella, Spain (built 13th–16th centuries)
Alabaster workshop in Volterra in Tuscany, Italy
Alabaster workshop in Volterra in Tuscany, Italy
Septimius Severus
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Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna, Libya, in the Roman province of Africa. He was of mixed Roman and Punic/Phoenician descent. As a young man, he
Alabaster
…banded travertine stone or a stalagmitic limestone colored with swirling bands of cream and brown. Alabaster artefact: A composite bust of the Emperor Septimius Severus; the head is marble and the bust is alabaster. In general, ancient alabaster is calcite in the wider Middle East, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, while…
Dynastic aureus of Septimius Severus, minted in 202. The reverse feature the portraits of Geta (right), Julia Domna (centre) and Caracalla (left). Ins
Dynastic aureus of Septimius Severus, minted in 202. The reverse feature the portraits of Geta (right), Julia Domna (centre) and Caracalla (left). Inscription: SEVERUS PIUS AVG[USTUS] P[ONTIFEX] M[AXIMUS], TR[IBUNICIA] P[OTESTAS] X / FELICITAS SAECVLI.
The Severan Tondo, c. 199, Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, whose face has been erased as part of his damnatio memoriae by Caracalla (Antiken
The Severan Tondo, c. 199, Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, whose face has been erased as part of his damnatio memoriae by Caracalla (Antikensammlung Berlin)
Roman marble bust of Septimius Severus, early 3rd century AD, Altes Museum
Roman marble bust of Septimius Severus, early 3rd century AD, Altes Museum