Naxian marble
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Naxian marble is a high-quality, fine-grained white marble from the Greek island of Naxos, historically prized for sculpture and architecture in the ancient Aegean world.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
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marble ⓘ metamorphic rock ⓘ sculpture material ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cycladic art
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Greek architecture ⓘ Greek sculpture ⓘ |
| color |
light grey
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white ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Parian marble
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Pentelic marble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important material for early Greek monumental sculpture ⓘ |
| exportedFrom | Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInCountry | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | metamorphosed limestone ⓘ |
| hasGrainSize | fine ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
crystalline
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fine-grained ⓘ high-quality ⓘ translucent ⓘ |
| hasReputation | prestigious material in antiquity ⓘ |
| hasTexture | fine ⓘ |
| historicallyPrizedIn | ancient Aegean world ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Aegean Sea
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Cyclades NERFINISHED ⓘ South Aegean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainConstituent | calcite ⓘ |
| materialType | dimension stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUse |
Archaic Greek sculpture
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Kouros statues from Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient sanctuaries in the Cyclades ⓘ |
| partOf | Aegean marble trade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quarriedIn | Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Aegean world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
architecture
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columns ⓘ monuments ⓘ sculpture ⓘ statues ⓘ temple decoration ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| usedSince | early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
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