EditorialAn almost complete jug or vase of alabaster or calcite. The soil is reasonably flat. The edge is missing., Crockery, stone, alabaster, H 6 cm, D 8 cm, D opening 4 cm, Palestine.
EditorialA necklace consisting of 50 beads and 1 pendant. Small more or less oval-shaped beads of pink limestone acting as intermediate beads, of fairly constant size, for rod-shaped beads of polished black calcite with white veins, which become increasingly lo...
EditorialCylinder seal with demon, Elamite, Neo-Elamite, Date 7th-6th century B.C., Southwestern Iran, Elamite, Calcite, 0.91 in. (2.31 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals-Inscribed.
EditorialMarble lamp, Greek, Archaic, Date 6th century B.C., Greek, Marble, Calcite, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), diameter 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone.
EditorialMesopotamia. White calcite. Cylinder seal. From Mesopotamia. Late Uruk. Early Jemdet Nasr Period. 3200-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialAlabaster pyxis (lidded jar), Classical (?), ca. 5th?4th century B.C. ?, Cypriot, Calcite (alabaster), H. 12 (30.5 cm); H. with cover 12 7/16 (31.6 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, This vase is probably of Egyptian workmanship.
EditorialBowl, Neolithic, ca. late 8th millennium B.C., Syria, Calcite alabaster, 1.76 in. (4.47 cm), Stone-Vessels, Using only stone and sand to shape and polish objects, Neolithic stoneworking reached extraordinary levels of sophistication. Artisans carved th...
EditorialMesopotamia. White calcite. Cylinder seal. From Mesopotamia. Late Uruk. Early Jemdet Nasr Period. 3200-3000BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.
EditorialTreasure of the three Syrian wives of Pharaoh Thutmosis III, 1479-1425 BCE. Calcite. From West Thebes Gift of Mr. G. F. Baker and of Mr. and Mrs. Everit Macy.