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Stibium

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Stibium is an antimony sulphide ore compounded for eye salves and plasters; Roman writers keep it distinct from lead compounds and from generic soot.

Admitted autonomously from source pliny-nh (NH 33 (fixture paraphrase of antimony ore)).

Discovery method: OPEN_WORLD_SOURCE_EXTRACTION.

Extraction reason: Identity clause (“X is a/an …”) in source passage.

Identifying passage: Stibium is an antimony sulphide ore compounded for eye salves and plasters; Roman writers keep it distinct from lead compounds and from generic soot.

Roman religion

  • Stibium appears in Roman religion.

    Pliny’s Natural History seats stibium among antimony sulphide ores of eye-paint, pigment, and mineral craft beyond shoe-blue pharmacy rows alone. A named stibium craft encyclopedia seat, not antimony as the bare metalloid lemma and not galena as lead ore alone.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

    appears in · sourced · documented

  • Stibium is used in Medicine.

    Stibium used in Medicine. Stibium is an antimony sulphide ore compounded for eye salves and plasters; Roman writers keep it distinct from lead compounds and from generic soot. An organized craft of treating the sick. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.

    from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026

    used in · interpretive · modern interpretation

  • Stibium is used in Offerings.

    Stibium used in Offerings. Stibium is an antimony sulphide ore compounded for eye salves and plasters; Roman writers keep it distinct from lead compounds and from generic soot. Gifts given to gods, dead, or powers: fire, food, blood, incense, words. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.

    from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026

    used in · interpretive · modern interpretation

  • Stibium is used in Incense.

    Stibium used in Incense. Stibium is an antimony sulphide ore compounded for eye salves and plasters; Roman writers keep it distinct from lead compounds and from generic soot. Aromatics burned as offering or perfume. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.

    from SHOE.BLUE · SHOE.BLUE, 2026

    used in · interpretive · modern interpretation

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