material
Steatite
A soft stone used for small carved Byzantine icons.
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Materials Laboratory profile
Steatite icons
Ivory + soft stone · 2 registered sources
Source-scope / reconstruction noteThe relationship to relief carving is qualified: steatite icons are carved objects, but BIU does not project an ivory-carving sequence onto steatite without technical study.
Raw material / support1 record
Making technique1 record
Surviving object evidence1 record
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantine Ivories
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Byzantine Ivories
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with Christ Pantepotes and the Chorus of Saints
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Icon with Christ Pantepotes and the Chorus of Saints
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5 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 1 navigation theme
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IconSteatite ←can-use-material— Icon · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-027.Icon with Christ Pantepotes and the Chorus of SaintsSteatite ←uses-material— Icon with Christ Pantepotes and the Chorus of Saints · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-215.Relief CarvingSteatite —associated-with→ Relief Carving · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-395.Christ PantepotesSteatite ←uses-material— Christ Pantepotes · example-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-054.
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← uses-materialIcon with Christ Pantepotes and the Chorus of Saints
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