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Soap Stone Disc

Soapstone disc has a lotus design in the centre Beyond the petals, finial-like objects are encircling the lotus. Outside the decoration, there are figures of ten animals and two birds. Starting with the figure of (1) the winged lion and proceeding clockwise, there are the following animals and birds:- (2) a stag facing right, (3) a Lion looking behind, (4) A lion facing right, (5) an owl facing front (6) A stag looking behind (7) A deer facing right (8) a deer facing right (9) a lion facing right (10) A deer looking behind (11) A peacock facing right and (12) a horse looking behind. These figures are on the reverse of the piece there is a rough design of a taurine Symbol.

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DIMENSIONS/ SIZE
Diameter - 5 cm Thickness - 14.732 cm
COLLECTION THEME ( OUT OF THE 5 )
Archeology
GALLERY
Gallery B
REGION
Mohalla - Murtizijang , Gulzarbagh, Patna
ACCESSION NO. / MUSEUM ID NO.
Arch 10743
TIME PERIOD
Circa 1st BCE
MATERIAL
Soap Stone


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