Organic Remains
Material from living matter
Material from living matter
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13561 | 31-16-538 | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp with trough spout. |
| 14089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp with trough spout. Normal type. |
| 14040 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp. Normal type. |
| 8191 | (none) | (none) | B17194 | Shell. Cut as a ladle: a piece is left across the opening and this is carved into a bird's head, the eye inlaid with lapis. [drawing] | |
| 16700 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp, with trough spout. Type found in Jemdet Nasr, 1st Dynasty, and Sargonid graves. Here found in a Larsa grave. |
| 11517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp. |
| 15105 | 31-16-536 | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp. | |
| 13786 | 31-16-537 | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut open as a lamp but not engraved. |
| 38 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut to form a drip-spoon or ladle. [drawing] |
| 8189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut to form a ladle. |
| 8538 | (none) | 1928,1009.406 | (none) | Shell. Cut to form an open spouted bowl or ladle. Above the opening is a crude carving of a bird's head, the eye inlaid with lapis lazuli. |
| 18502C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shells. [A] 1) A cowrie, large, cut to form of cup. [B] 2) Conch shell cut as a lamp. [C] 3) Shell . [drawing] |
| 18502B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shells. [A] 1) A cowrie, large, cut to form of cup. [B] 2) Conch shell cut as a lamp. [C] 3) Shell . [drawing] |
| 18502A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shells. [A] 1) A cowrie, large, cut to form of cup. [B] 2) Conch shell cut as a lamp. [C] 3) Shell . [drawing] |
| 6480 | (none) | 1927,0527.84 | (none) | Silver bangles (2) and group of beads. Found lumped together owing to corrosion. |
| 6654C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver bowl. High rim. Poor condition - fragmentary. Remains of burnt wood inside. E. |
| 11155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Ostrich Shell. Originally decorated on base and round the rim with incrustation in shell, lapis, and red stone. All ornament gone: the Shell much distorted and broken. |
| 6644 | (none) | 1927,0527.74 | (none) | Silver situla. Fragment. With silver handle hinged onto the rim. E. |
| 3120 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small pot of bitumen. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8194 | (none) | (none) | B17038 | Small shells. Pierced and used as beads. [12 under this number in UPM] | |
| 8186 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spatula(?) or borer. Wood. The point missing. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 19129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl. Shell Conical, with engraved lines and holes originally inlaid with lapis dots. [drawing 1:1] |
| 12431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Staff head. Of white shell, with 2 black and 2 white rings from the upper part of the stem. It was lying close to the top crossbar of the silver cow harp and might possibly be the handle of a plectrum. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10574 | (none) | 1928,1010.227 | (none) | Staff-head(?) White shell A plain disk, almost flat, below which come strung on the staff 4 rings alternately of black shale and shell. Below them again were 3 shell disks like spindle whorls each with a black ring above: these were much smaller, diam. 0022 as against 034 for the upper rings. |
| 17797 | 32-40-345 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Shell. One side flattened and rough representation of animal drilled and scratched on. [drawing 1:1] |