| NOUN | artifact | glyptic art, glyptography | carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) |
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| Meaning | carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones). | |
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| Synonym | glyptography | |
| Narrower | anaglyph | Anything carved in low relief |
| glyph | glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | |
| glyptics, lithoglyptics | The art of engraving on precious stones | |
| intaglio, diaglyph | glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone / stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) | |
| Broader | carving | A sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone / stone) in order to create a desired shape |
| Spanish | arte glíptico, gliptografía | |
| Catalan | gliptografia | |
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