ballas

[ bal-uh s ]

/ ˈbæl əs /

a spherical aggregate of small diamond crystals used for drilling and for various industrial purposes.

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apparently variant of balas in phrase balas ruby spinel ruby, balas being taken to mean “spinel”

This cannot be distinguished from certain fragments obtained in the Neolithic cemetery at Ballas.
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The crucial case at Ballas was the secondary burial of a Libyan found in one of a group of stairway mastabas.
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The sides of one Neolithic tomb at Ballas were lined with bars of this kind.
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These cists were found at Ballas both in “stairway” tombs and in open Neolithic graves.
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A rough example of No. 44 was found at Ballas, used anciently as a lamp with floating wick.
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