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Stone palette, or toilet tray

These small stone trays, decorated with relief sculptures, f…
Soapstone bowl

The basic elements of Northwest Coast culture, such as the e…
Stone head (mahe yafei)

Although rare in sub-Saharan Africa, soapstone carvings are …
Steatite seals from the Indus Valley

An organized system of government and culture developed at a…
Black steatite shabti of Suneru

Shabti figures of the Eighteenth Dynasty (about 1550-1300 BC…
Glazed steatite cylinder seal of Sobekneferu

Sobekneferu was a female king whose accession to the throne …
Glazed steatite scaraboid

The scarab had been used as a seal, sometimes mounted on a r…
Steatite heart scarab amulet

The heart amulet became popular in the New Kingdom (about 15…
Soapstone pipe bowl

This pipe-bowl, and the stem which is now missing, were depi…
Reliquary in the form of a model stupa

The reliquary is in three parts. The drum of the stupa has…
Fired steatite cylinder seal

At the end of the fourth millennium BC the complex themes of…
Steatite bowl decorated with a lion

This steatite bowl may have been used for burning incense. I…
Steatite jar

This fragmentary bowl demonstrates the extensive trade netwo…
Stone basin

This bowl demonstrates the extensive trade network that link…
Stone bowl

This vessel was found in Mesopotamia on a major trade route …
Stone jar and lid

This stone jar was found in the tomb of 'Queen' Pu-abi, one …
Steatite plaque with Crucifixion scene

The figures of the Virgin Mary and St John raise their right…
Worcester porcelain saucer printed with a figure of Frederick II of Prussia

The Worcester factory used soapstone (steatite) in its formu…
Black steatite statuette of a girl holding a kohl pot

This small figurine shows a young girl squatting and holding…
Head of Tlaloc

This head represents the Rain God, Tlaloc, an important god …
Gold figures of deities

Most of the thirty-eight small gold figures (five illustrate…
Black steatite cippus

Cippi (a type of stelae) were popular from the sixth century…