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)
2574 (none) (none) (none) Bone stilus? Writing end broken. Depth 2m-5m.
2619 (none) 1927,1003.237 (none) Shell mask. White: male with widely opened mouth. [drawing 1:1]
2677 (none) (none) (none) Ivory pyxis. Fragmentary: Egyptian, presumably of earlier date than level where found. Carved in relief with figures of dancing-girls. Fitted with hatched lid on a pin (?). Copper wire (rivets?) let in to sides and twisted outside.
2721 (none) 1927,1003.235 (none) Shell mask. Grotesque, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2722 (none) (none) (none) Shell fish. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2748 (none) 1927,1003.238 (none) Shell mask. Grotesque: pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1]
2803 (none) 1927,1003.246 (none) Shell mask. Grotesque and pierced for suspension: mask flaked away. [drawing 1:1]
2804 (none) (none) (none) Shell frog. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2819 (none) 1927,1003.148 (none) Clay sickle. Greenish drab model: prehistoric, with cutting edge and ends of blade painted black. [drawing 1:1]
2826 (none) 1927,1003.242 (none) Fragment of inlay. Shell, pierced at back for fixing and part of presentation scene; both figures have crowns and long hair and one carries a wand. Probably 1st Dynasty. [drawing 1:1]
2850A (none) (none) (none) Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1]
2850B (none) (none) (none) Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1]
2851 (none) 1927,1003.245 (none) Shell bird. Eagle of Lagash: head missing.
2920 (none) 1927,1003.240 (none) Eye from figurine. Shell with pupil of lapis lazuli. [drawing 1:1]
2934 (none) (none) (none) String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily.
3057 (none) 1927,1003.243 (none) Fragment of engraved shell. Curved and engraved with flower pattern.
3058 (none) (none) (none) Couchant lion of shell. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
3120 (none) (none) (none) Small pot of bitumen. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1]
3125 (none) (none) (none) Gold bead. With bitumen core blocking one hole. One end bent in. Spherical bead. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (7) in Cat.
3179 (none) 1927,1003.233 (none) Bone stilus. Or pin, with circles and cross design scratched at head, and pierced below this. Sketch 9:10 true length. [drawing]
3188 (none) 1927,1003.247 (none) Shell inlay fragment. With legs of bull ascending mountain. [drawing 1:1]
3203A (none) 1927,1003.259 (none) Bone handle. Rest of object lost. [drawing 1:1]
3208 (none) 1927,1003.241 (none) Shell inlay fragment. Showing lower part of dress and feet of individual in profile. [drawing 1:1]
3230 (none) 1927,1003.236 (none) Shell mask. Rough carving of beast's head, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
3239 (none) (none) (none) Bitumen fragment covered with blue coloring matter. Color doubtfully from lapis lazuli powder more probably copper.

Related Terms

Inorganic Remains - Unknown/N/A

Child Terms

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