A dictionary of the . les from Maderah, is a wild ascentnow called Nakb Kareb, which is regard-! ed as the ancient Akrabbim or ScorpionPass. Scorpions still abound in theregion. It was also called Maaleh-acrabbim. Josh. 15 : 3. AI/ABASTER. Matt. 26 : 7. Awhite mineral, easily carved and sus-ceptible of a fine polish. It was of twodistinct kinds. One was a pure varietyof gypsum or sulphate of lime, the rockwhich is often ground into plaster of ALA ALE Paris; the other kind was carbon-ate of lime, a mineral of the samechemical composition as most of themarbles. It was highly valued for i
A dictionary of the . les from Maderah, is a wild ascentnow called Nakb Kareb, which is regard-! ed as the ancient Akrabbim or ScorpionPass. Scorpions still abound in theregion. It was also called Maaleh-acrabbim. Josh. 15 : 3. AI/ABASTER. Matt. 26 : 7. Awhite mineral, easily carved and sus-ceptible of a fine polish. It was of twodistinct kinds. One was a pure varietyof gypsum or sulphate of lime, the rockwhich is often ground into plaster of ALA ALE Paris; the other kind was carbon-ate of lime, a mineral of the samechemical composition as most of themarbles. It was highly valued for itstranslucency and for its variety of red-dish or grayish streakings. The namealabaster is from Alabastron, inEgypt, where this material was found,and where vessels were manufacturedfrom it for holding perfumes. Vasesof the same mineral for containingointments or cosmetics were found atNineveh by Mr. Layard. The well-known sculptured slabs from that cityare of alabaster of the gypsum druggists in Egypt at the present. Alabaster Vases. (From the British Museum.)The inscription on the centre vessel denotes the quantity it holds, day use vessels of this substance for thepurpose of keeping medicines and per-fumes. Theocritus, an ancient profanehistorian, speaks of gilded alabastersof Syrian ointment. The phrase shebrake the box, used Mark 14:3, issupposed to mean that she broke theslender neck of the sealed bottle orpitcher. Thus the offering was verycostly and appropriate. Box was for-merly used in a more general sense thannow. The word is said to come fromthe wood of the same name, and at firstwas used for any vessel formed fromthat material. ALAMETH (covering), anotherform of Alemeth, which see. 1 :8. ALAMMELECH [kings oak), a place in Asher. Josh. 19 : 26. Thename seems to be preserved in theWady Melik, which joins the Kishonnot far from the sea and near ALEMETH (covering), a Benjam-ite. 1 Chr. 8:36; 9:42. ALEMETH, andALLE-METH, the same as Alameth (cov
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