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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)
9776G (none) (none) B16742 [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.
9776H (none) (none) B16742 [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.
9776I (none) (none) B16742 [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.
9776J (none) (none) B16742 [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.
9776K (none) (none) B16742 [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.
9776L (none) (none) B16742 [A-L] Shell Plaques. Found in confusion and scattered in the soil (the filling of the shaft) 12 plaques with animals, of which 2 are broken. 4 1/2 others completely decayed. 7 white squares each with 5 blue dots. 3 black squares each with 5 white dots. 2 squares with rosettes. 9 pieces (strips) with eye pattern most of these have suffered by the decay of the shell. Also a quantity of narrow edging slips in mother-of-pearl, red stone and lapis.
9783 (none) (none) B17677 Beads 14 gold ring spacers and a quantity of small lapis beads and carnelian rings: for order see Field Notes. With them are mixed the smaller lapis beads mentioned in the Field Notes as probably belonging to the headdress. [drawing 1:1]
9799 (none) (none) (none) Cockle Shells. Containing green and black paint.
9808 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal Shell 2 bearded bulls rampant, back to back, 3 standing heroes next to one another- two of them are attacking the bulls; the third stands in between the other two heroes.
9831B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [B] Finger bones found within. Traces of a finely textured garment remain on the bowl. Type III
9833B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Bowl Long handle perforated at end to admit a copper ring [B] Finger bones found within [C] Copper finger ring adheres to inside of bowl Type__
9855 (none) (none) (none) 4 Beads. 3 Carnelians and few specifimens of decayed wooden beads - 1 banded sard. String in following order: carnelian barrel, wooden double conoid, banded sard barrel.
9905 (none) (none) (none) Shell Inlay Small figure in silhouette, broken, and the head missing Male(?) figure wearing kaukanes of early type with 3 rows of fringes, advancing left. In the left hand a short staff [drawing] 1:1 Good early work.
9906 (none) (none) (none) Shell Inlay Small figure in silhouette (head missing) A servant (?) wearing a fringed skirt advances left holding with both hands two piles of pots, each pile containing 4 ordinary tumblers [drawing] 1:1
9907A (none) (none) (none) Engraved Shell 3 pieces [A-C] obviously belonging together. Curved in section so as to form with a 4th piece (not found) a short tube. (A) Left, a man with hair in short curls,wearing a skirt with narrow fringes open in front and overlapping, faces right and is fighting a rampant bull: in background, bushes (?) (B) Right, a man exactly like the last seizes from behind a bull, (left) rampant. (C) A bull, left rampant, against a background of bushes. There is a narrow border above and below, plain: the figured are sharply outlined and the ground was cut away and filled with a black pigment of which some remains: the engraved lines of internal detail on the silhouetted figures are also filled in with black.
9907B (none) (none) (none) Engraved Shell 3 pieces [A-C] obviously belonging together. Curved in section so as to form with a 4th piece (not found) a short tube. (A) Left, a man with hair in short curls,wearing a skirt with narrow fringes open in front and overlapping, faces right and is fighting a rampant bull: in background, bushes (?) (B) Right, a man exactly like the last seizes from behind a bull, (left) rampant. (C) A bull, left rampant, against a background of bushes. There is a narrow border above and below, plain: the figured are sharply outlined and the ground was cut away and filled with a black pigment of which some remains: the engraved lines of internal detail on the silhouetted figures are also filled in with black.
9907C (none) (none) (none) Engraved Shell 3 pieces [A-C] obviously belonging together. Curved in section so as to form with a 4th piece (not found) a short tube. (A) Left, a man with hair in short curls,wearing a skirt with narrow fringes open in front and overlapping, faces right and is fighting a rampant bull: in background, bushes (?) (B) Right, a man exactly like the last seizes from behind a bull, (left) rampant. (C) A bull, left rampant, against a background of bushes. There is a narrow border above and below, plain: the figured are sharply outlined and the ground was cut away and filled with a black pigment of which some remains: the engraved lines of internal detail on the silhouetted figures are also filled in with black.
9909 (none) (none) (none) Shell Plaque Engraved with animal scene. Poor condition & figure indistinct.
9940 (none) (none) (none) Copper Dagger With remains of the wooden handle Type II
9943 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal White Shell A man and lions fighting, and a lion fighting a bull, a small animal scene, and an inscription. dsara-men (?) dub-sar nin sara-men, scribe of the lady. Into the hole is fitted a tube of dark shale (?). (HC. 205).
9944 (none) (none) (none) Copper Dagger With the blade is preserved part of the wooden handle bound and studded with silver Type__
9959 (none) 1935,0113.431 (none) Beads of wood (? ebony) double conoids
9963A (none) 1928,1010.331 (none) [A-D] Copper spear butts (?) 4 The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
9970 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal White shell In poor condition Presentation scene with one seated deity and three figures approaching
9989 (none) 1928,1010.295 (none) Cockle Shell Containing green paint

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