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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)
10365 (none) (none) (none) Necklace Agate, jasper, shell, carnelian lentoids, copper ball beads For order see Field Note
14490A 31-17-135 (none) (none) Necklace. 4 long elliptical shaped shell beads & between them roughly cut hematite cylindrical beads, 14 in all. Restrung in exact original order: bead for bead: 1-shell, 2 hematite, 1 shell, 3 hematite, 1 shell, 4 hematite, 1 shell, 5 hematite. Shell beads are convex (slightly) on 1 side & slightly concave on the other.
14492A (none) 1930,1213.111 (none) Necklace. Made up of small conches with chocolate and white bands.
14492B 31-17-137 (none) (none) Necklace. Made up of small conches with chocolate and white bands.
14491A (none) 1930,1213.112 (none) Necklace. Shell beads. Cylindrical and roughly cut flat shoe like beads perforated in cater. [drawing 1:1]
18195 (none) (none) (none) Needle. Bone (the head slightly chipped).
(none) 31-17-403 (none) (none) No U number assigned in field.
12774C (none) 1928,1010.738 (none) Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H) Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.11] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercer. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.10] 4 pieces red bands on drab [N.11] 1 piece plain red wash(?); [N.12-.13] 2 pieces, design in red on light ground; [N.14-.15] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light ground : rows of triangles and bands; [N.16-.18] 3 pieces with transverse bands of erased slip decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of a second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with scratched design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals.
12774H (none) (none) (none) Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H) Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.11] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercer. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.10] 4 pieces red bands on drab [N.11] 1 piece plain red wash(?); [N.12-.13] 2 pieces, design in red on light ground; [N.14-.15] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light ground : rows of triangles and bands; [N.16-.18] 3 pieces with transverse bands of erased slip decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of a second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with scratched design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals.
12774L (none) (none) (none) Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H)Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.9] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercing. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.8] 4 piece plain red wash; [N.9-.10] 2 pieces, design in red on light drab; [N.11-.12] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light-green : rows of triangules and bands; [N.13-.16] 3 pieces with transverse bands of [illegible erand?] ship decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with decoration design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals.
9000 (none) 1928,1009.378 (none) Originally of wood (which has disappeared and left no trace at all), the top and edges encrusted with bone, shell, lapis and red paste tesserae set in bitumen: the bone tesserae are themselves engraved with geometrical and other patterns and inlaid with red paste and lapis. The board is in 2 unequal parts, rectangular, joined by a narrow neck: the upper part consists of 6 squares inside the border, the neck is 1 square wide and 2 long, the lower part had originally 4 rows of squares (12) and below those one or more rows of long triangular tesserae, shell and mother of pearl, with red paste triangles between them, the points of (one row of) the white tesserae pointing downwards. When found the object lay face downwards and on a slant: the upper part, nect, and 3 rows of squares of the lower part were complete, all except for one square at the bottom of the 4th row there was left there in position only a broken corner of a square. The broken square and 3 others, and also a number of triangles, were found separately in the dirt in front and below, but part of a row of white triangles (the red paste was reduced to powder) lay points upwards and face outwards against the back of the board: clearly the latter had been broken and doubled back: the tesserae at the line of the break had sprung and been dislodged. [drawing 1:5]
9255 (none) (none) (none) Ostrich egg Broken and part missing. Decorated at one end with tesselated triangles of white shell alternated by triangles and diamonds of bitumen. There are 5 rows of triangles and above strips of shell 0015 wide and 002 high.
11782 (none) (none) (none) Ostrich Egg. With pottery foot and rim added to make a vase--the flat top of the mouth and the clay neck and foot are all decorated with mosaic in mother-of-pearl & red paste set in bitumen. Broken and in bad condition.
13563 31-16-543 (none) (none) Ostrich shell. Decorated with triangular strips of inlay, reddish paint applied. Hopelessly smashed.
14469A (none) (none) (none) Ostrich shell. Badly smashed. One end decorated with mother of pearl rectangular strips and shell inlay in form of small triangles set on bitumen.
14483A (none) (none) (none) Paint box. In 2 compartments, compound of square plain shell plaques with a rectangular shell lid and edge with rectangular strips of shell and mother of pearl.
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.
6504 (none) 1927,0527.140 (none) Pendant in shape of miniature lion. White shell. Hole pierced through middle. E. [drawing 1:1]
6995 (none) (none) (none) Pendant? For inlay. Shell. U. shaped apex like pointed arch. Slightly convex. Text: E-Hurang(12).
6575 (none) 1927,0527.143 (none) Phallic amulet. Shell. Mottled. E. [drawing 1:1]
7801 (none) 1928,1009.11 (none) Phoenician Inscription Ivory On a lid (of box) Dedication to Astart. HC.39
6604 (none) (none) (none) Pin head. Bone. Incised criss cross pattern. [drawing 1:1]
8729 (none) (none) (none) Pin. Bone, brown. Rounded in section. Engraved oblique parallel lines running down pin. Lines filled in with white paint. Fragment. [drawing]
7068 (none) (none) B16360 Pin. Bone. Brown. E. [drawing 1:1]
7578 (none) (none) (none) Pin. Bone. Brown. Perforated below top. [drawing 1:1]

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Inorganic Remains - Unknown/N/A

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Antler - Bitumen - Bone - Leather - Reed - Shell - Textiles - Tooth - Wood - Plants