Soap Stone Disc 2
Soapstone disc having plain background. There is a lotus at the centre with fifteen petals enclosed in a circle. Beyond the Circle are the figures of five animals and three birds. All the animals and two birds are facing left while the owl is facing front. The reverse of the disc is uneven and has a rough design of two triangles joined at the vertex, Commencing with the figure of (1) A stag and proceeding clockwise; these are figures of (2) a peacock, (3) A stag, (4) A horse (5) A peacock (6) a stag (7) a horse (8) an owl.
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DIMENSIONS/ SIZE
Diameter - 4.572 cm Thickness - 3 cm
COLLECTION THEME ( OUT OF THE 5 )
Archeology
GALLERY
Gallery B
REGION
Mohalla - Murtizijang , Gulzarbagh, Patna
ACCESSION NO. / MUSEUM ID NO.
Arch 10748
TIME PERIOD
Circa 1st BCE
MATERIAL
Soap Stone
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