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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8109 | (none) | 1928,1009.209 | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. Remains of wood inside socket. [drawing] [type] XIX. | |
 | 8133A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 cockle shells. One containing white, the other containing yellow paint [A-B]. |
| 8133B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 cockle shells. One containing white, the other containing yellow paint. [A-B]. |
| 8138A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cockle shells. Containing traces of brown and green paint. |
| 8138B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cockle shells. Containing traces of brown and green paint. |
| 8141 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Partly obliterated. At the base of the seal in high relief a lion, body in profile head and forelegs full face. Winged dragon? gazelle, and hero attacking bull. 2 bearded bulls rampant, crossed, with man's heads. |
| 8145A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cockle shells containing green paint. |
| 8145B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cockle shells containing green paint. |
| 8146A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-Q] 17 shell rings. |
| 8160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Used as a ladle? |
| 8167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cockle shell. Containing green paint. |
| 8186 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spatula(?) or borer. Wood. The point missing. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 8189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut to form a ladle. |
| 8198 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut for use as a ladle, with a bird's head carved at the top of the mouth; the eye was originally inlaid with lapis but this is lost. [drawing] | |
| 8199 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut to serve as a ladle. |
| 8202 | (none) | 1928,1009.44 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Much decayed and scarcely legible. Scene, Gilgamesh and lion, Eabani and bull. |
| 8205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cockle shells. A pair. Containing green paint. |
| 8250 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed lapis and shell, 29 in all, 28 found together in a basket, 1 biggish lapis ribbed ball formed apart and possibly belonging to the copper pin U.8248. |
| 8251 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay? Mother of pearl. 2 pieces. Each consists of 2 circular pieces perforated in the middle and joined by a straight band - shaped like heavy spectacles. Ribbed in section. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8256 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Knife. Copper. Flat blade. 3 rivets on either side of short tang. Only 3 of the rivets remain. Low rib down middle. Fragments of wooden handle adhering to rivets. Broken in 3 pieces. [drawing] |
| 8281A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] Six cockle shells. One containing black paint. Two containing green paint. |
| 8301 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell roundel. Carved as a flower rosette with 8 petals of which 5 are marked with engraved circles: the edge is serrated. The whole is slightly convex: a hole through the center. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. One carnelian, a few lapis, and a number of very small shell rings. |
| 8312A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cockle shells containing traces of [A] green and [B] black pigment respectively. |
| 8313 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell duck The body is made of a large shell cut open : the head is a pink limestone & was fixed on with a peg through a hole in the top end of the shell : round the top end of the shell, imitating the bird's breast colours, is incrustation, diamonds and triangles of lapis lazuli and shell set in bitumen. Some of the tesserae are loose and are preserved. [drawing] |