Assertion: gypsum alabaster | /r/HasProperty | the material of choice
Facets:
value: as in a figure
type: OTHER
value: in mesopotamia
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In Mesopotamia, gypsum alabaster was the material of choice for figures of deities and devotees in temples, as in a figure believed to represent the deity Abu dating to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC and currently kept in New York.