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Перевод: steatite

[существительное]
жировик ; мыльный камень; стеатит

Тезаурус:

1. Five stones - lapis lazuli, chalcedony, agate, haematite and steatite - are common to Classical Greece and the early civilizations.
2. Of two examples carved on steatite seals dated to 3500-;3200, the older one is a highly stylized figure with a triangular body and thin arms and legs.
3. Nilsson quotes the carved steatite vessel found at Knossos, showing the stepped balustrade of a ceremonial staircase; the staircase was obviously not itself a shrine, yet the balustrade's cornice is decorated with sacral horns (Figure 52).
4. The Harvester, Boxer, and Chieftain Vases and the Peak Sanctuary Rhyton are all made of a closegrained black steatite and decorated with highly detailed reliefs showing ritual scenes (Figure 56).
5. Most of the seals were nevertheless made of bone, ivory, steatite, banded agate, or orange carnelian.