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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
7505 (none) (none) (none) Bangle. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, white paste and crystal beads. 4 spacers, 2 of bone pierced 6 times and 2 of lapis lazuli pierced 3 times. 133 beads in all.
7528 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Inscribed [drawing of inscription]. Servant of Nin... 2 heroes attacking rampant lion one grasping it by the tail. Between the lion and a hero a monkey
7551 (none) (none) B16771 Pin. Bone. Yellow. Point missing. Incised decoration at head. Hole perforated below decoration. [drawing 1:1]
7558 (none) 1928,1009.144 (none) Amulet. Ram's head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1]
7569 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Yellowish and white. Scene of worship, seated god and two standing figures mostly obliterated.
7578 (none) (none) (none) Pin. Bone. Brown. Perforated below top. [drawing 1:1]
7594 (none) 1928,1009.145 (none) Amulet. Ram's head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1]
7616 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. 2 rampant lions facing one another; on either side a hero grasps each by the tail. Between the heroes a heavily draped erect deity. Attributes: snake, palm tree? and scorpion?
7617 (none) (none) B16877 Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC
7622 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Two registers. Above, two seated deities facing one another, worshipper standing between them. Behind the major god a standing attendant. Below: spread eagle and 2 gazelles facing one another.
7658 (none) (none) B16890 Cylinder seal. Marble? White. Hero between two rampant bulls? On either side of bulls a rampant lion. Between the lions a post surmounted by a star.
7678 (none) (none) B16818 Puzuzu. Miniature head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1]
7685 (none) (none) (none) Pin. Bone. Yellowish. Cock's head? [drawing 1:1]
773 (none) 1923,1110.120 (none) Clay model of animal intestines? of powdery poorly baked clay; afterwards accidentally burnt and damaged. Like U but in worse condition.
7801 (none) 1928,1009.11 (none) Phoenician Inscription Ivory On a lid (of box) Dedication to Astart. HC.39
785 (none) (none) B15277 Ivory comb. Broken. Period, Nebuchadrezzar. [drawing 1:1]
786 (none) (none) (none) Ivory comb. Fragments of Like U.785 but without rosettes.
7900 (none) 1928,1009.395 (none) Shell plaque. White shell engraved with figure of a naked priest right who holds a libation-vase up in front of a post mounted on a tripod? (only 2 legs shown): on other side of the post hand (perhaps from a cross bar not shown) two objects like reins with loops at the ends. [drawing 1:1]
7902 (none) (none) (none) Comb. Ivory. Most of the teeth broken off short, only the end guard left to show their original length. On both sides of the flat upper part, an engraving of a bull set in a frame of lines and dotted circles. On one side the bull has his tail down. on the other above his back: otherwise, the 2 engravings are similar and show the bull with head lowered to strike. Very fine Phoenician work.
7903 (none) (none) (none) Ivory box lid. Circular. Convex above with line border and central rosette, 12-petalled: rabetted below to fit circular box.
7904 (none) (none) (none) Paint pot. Ivory. In form of sphinx of Phoenico-Assyrian style: the box is an oblong depression between the wings. Indifferent carving, and the wing in poor condition; half of the face of the sphinx missing. [additional notes on back of catalog card follow:] U.6665, correct Pl. reference in Pl.25. Plate 15. Captions wanted. Pl.23 = add catalogue number. Keep Pl.33 but insert the new weapon types. For Pl.34 (new), use metal objects above and 800m ran [last word illegible] types infers. Change Plate numbers 34 (adr[...]) h3. Plate 36, keep number. Plate 35, adr[...], change number h3. Pl.37 (adr[...]) to become a figure in the text. pp.25. Gold to catalogue U.6456, Legrain's [illegible] No.734.
7905 (none) (none) (none) Mirror handle. Ivory. Rounded handle; rectangular tang at top to fit into mirror-socket. [drawing]
7906 (none) (none) (none) Mirror handle. Shell. [drawing]
7907 (none) (none) (none) Kohl stick case. Ivory. Plain tube rounded at base. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
7908 (none) (none) (none) Kohl stick. Ivory. Rectangular in section, thickening towards the head and then sharpened to point.

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