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An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal. Describing a vessel as an "urn", as opposed to a vase or other terms, generally reflect
Ancient Roman urn made of alabaster
Ancient Greek cremation urn c. 850 BC
Child funerary vase, Civitella archaeology museum in Chieti, Italy
The Derveni Krater, one of very few large Ancient Greek bronze vessels to survive
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
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…Ancient Roman urn made of alabaster An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal. Describing a vessel as an "urn", as…
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).
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 workshop in Volterra in Tuscany, Italy