alabaster
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The alabaster vase bears inscriptions in four ancient languages: Akkadian, Elamite, Persian, and Egyptian.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
The exterior is covered in hieroglyphs and translucent alabaster cut into triangles with a pyramid shaped entrance.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
The infamous “waxworks” scene captures silent-era figures like Buster Keaton playing cards, their faces pure funereal alabaster.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
Even in the pale early-morning sunlight, the white alabaster of its front gleamed painfully in her eyes.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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