This development of the hieroglyphic system was accompanied by an increasing power of working in hard material, and cornelian and chalcedony superseded soft steatite (Journ.
Steatite engravings in relief (notably the harvest festival vase from Hagia Triada) were found in the Cretan deposits.
The representations of the insect are among the earliest sculpture of stones known, and were cut in various materials, steatite a species of soapstone being one of the earliest used.
Red paint (mercury) partly fills some of the holes and lines on the pendant made of steatite shown in Fig.
Incised Pendant made of Steatite with Red Paint (Mercury) in some of the Holes and Lines.
The incised design on the pendant made of steatite (p.
One half of a sculptured tubular steatite pipe, purchased from Mr. W.
A perforated cylinder made of steatite found at about the center of the grave (Fig.
The three transverse incisions on the top of the steatite specimen shown in Fig.
On the reverse of the steatite object, possibly a mat-presser, shown in Fig.
A pendant made of steatite and bearing an incised design in which part of the lines and holes are colored with red paint (mercury) is shown in Fig.
Sculptured and Inlaid Pipe made ofSteatite with Wooden Stem.
Among the designs incised on stone, attention may be called to the top of the pestle made of steatite shown in Fig.
Slate was used for ornamental or ceremonial tablets steatite for ornaments and pipes, though rarely for pestles and other objects; and impure limestone for pipes.
Steatite was sometimes mixed with the glaze, and had the same effect as a sudden immersion.
This fault has now been reduced by a cage of steatite round the burner tip, which draws in sufficient air to prevent deposition.
It should be compared with stone work in Crete, especially the steatite vases with reliefs found at Hagia Triada.
The steatitevases with reliefs are of great importance.
Vessels of soapstone or sandstone were added to the skinlined pit or basket, and the flat pieces of steatitewith a large hole bored in them may have been used with these containers for stone boiling.
Steatite or soapstone was still fashioned into crude bowls and the perforated net sinkers or pot boilers we have noted previously, as well as into short tubular pipes which are found in the region of central Georgia.
Illustration: Straight tubes of steatite or soapstone are the earliest known form of pipe.
Fragments of steatite vessels which have been from 1 to 2 feet in diameter.
The scarabs were two of glazed steatite mounted in gold fundi, and one of cornelian; the cowroids were three of glass mounted in gold, and one of steatite mounted in gold (Pl.
In the débris of the mummy, on the bottom of the coffin, was a round-backed green glazed steatite scarab (Pl.
The scarab, made of steatite (brown), bore an ornamental Hathor design.
From the rubbish of the court in front of Tomb 30 a small bundle of linen containing a steatite scarab, a strip of plaited rushwork, and some diamond-shaped pieces of leather with minute multicoloured bead-work sewn upon them.
B, of a man not more than thirty years of age, had on the left arm, tied at the elbow, a very fine blue glazed steatite scarab (Pl.
On the third finger of the left hand was a blue glazed steatite scarab, mounted on gold funda: this was tied with string (Pl.
On the third finger of the left hand, attached by string, was a round-backed green glazed steatitescarab (Pl.
The smaller round basket contained: A blue glazed steatite scarab of the Hyksos Period (Pls.
Necklace of amulets in matrix of emerald, amethyst, cornelian, blue paste, and glazed steatite and faience.
Another of large size contained human remains with which were some arrow-heads, a vessel of clay, and a carved steatite pipe, having upon its front a figure-head.
This pipe has been carved out of gray steatite and highly polished.
F, we have a sketch of what remains of a black steatite relief belonging to this period.
The material used for this sculpture is steatite, and the dog's back is pierced with a hole which served as a stand for a cylindrical steatite vase.
Here Gilgamesh is depicted in standing posture holding in either hand one of the long "staves" seen elsewhere, and specifically on the famous green steatite vase of Gudea (cf.
This unique vase of dark green steatite is between eight and nine inches high, and rests upon a narrow circular base.
Reduced to powder, the softness and unctuosity of steatite have caused it to be used, in the same manner as plumbago, for lubricating purposes, and when finely ground it is employed for giving a surface to some kinds of paperhangings.
When very strongly heated, steatite loses the small portion of combined water contained in it, and then in consequence becomes much harder.
The steatite mould for a ring of the Mycenaean period (No.
Thus we have a steatite vase from Crete (see Cast in First Vase Room) with boxers in all positions.
These take the form of square or oblong plates, generally of steatite or slate.
Some of the steatite moulds which have no channels for the molten metal, were probably used for the production of ornaments by pressing and rubbing thin foil into the forms.
In the district of Glatz the fissures of the gabbro are filled with a steatite of a greenish white colour, and the rock which was long thought to belong to the grunsteins* is a close mixture of feldspar and diallage.
The water has drilled more deeply into some veins of steatite than in other places, and the presence of the steatite may possibly have had something to do with the formation of the gouffre.
In order to avoid the expense of the platinum, the same principle was afterwards used in the design of an all-steatite head, which is represented at D in Fig.
Even more conclusive was Professor Garstang's discovery, in an untouched tomb at Abydos, of a polychrome vessel in the latest style of the period, in company with glazed steatite cylinders, which bear the names of Senusert III.
Minoan art in the shape of the steatite vases of Hagia Triada, Boxer, Harvester, and Chieftain.
In the case of the Hagia Triada vases the gold-coated steatite had no charms for the plunderer, who merely stripped off the gold-leaf and left its foundation to testify to us of the skill of these ancient craftsmen.
One of the varieties of steatite has long been in use for the formation of hollow vessels for cooking and other purposes, and is still known by the name of Pot-stone in English.
Steatite censers, in form of a cup held by a human hand, are not uncommon (IX, Fig.
One of steatite from Savannah, as also one of sandstone from Kanawha valley, has a slight pit or depression on the flat side.
Another of steatite from Loudon county, Tennessee, has a slender projection below the bowl, as if for a handle.
The water has eaten more deeply into some veins of steatite than in other places, and the presence of the steatite may possibly have had something to do with the formation of the gouffre.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "steatite" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
