alabaster
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The alabaster vase bears inscriptions in four ancient languages: Akkadian, Elamite, Persian, and Egyptian.
From Science Daily
Among the nearly 100 works on view are sculptures in iron, wood, alabaster and clay as well as drawings, collages and experimental works using paper.
The exterior is covered in hieroglyphs and translucent alabaster cut into triangles with a pyramid shaped entrance.
From BBC
The infamous “waxworks” scene captures silent-era figures like Buster Keaton playing cards, their faces pure funereal alabaster.
From Los Angeles Times
Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.
From BBC
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