To cut into a surface with a sharp instrument; also, a method of decoration, especially on metal and pottery; take needle and carve lines/design into it.

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1. To cut into a surface with a sharp instrument; also, a method of decoration, especially on metal and pottery; take needle and carve lines/design into it.

Figurine of a woman, from Syros
ca. 2500-2300 BCE (aegean)
Marble
Syros (Cyclades), Greece
-Carved marble--great stone to carve
-Abstracted, stylized
-Sexual organs marked out
-Standardized proportion--slinky
-Don't know what for-- range in size
-Have lots of natural marble
Incision
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
ca. 1323 BCE (Egypt)
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt
-Innermost coffin portrays king as Osiris
-Billion $ headdress inside
-Wealth inside=impressive
-Tut wasn't special guy-- all tombs this lavish, his just hadn't been looted, seal hadn't been broken
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To cut into a surface with a sharp instrument; also, a method of decoration, especially on metal and pottery; take needle and carve lines/design into it.

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To cut into a surface with a sharp instrument; also, a method of decoration, especially on metal and pottery; take needle and carve lines/design into it.

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