Furniture

This category includes objects used for sitting other objects on or sitting oneself on. These could be made of any material, usually only the stone or clay objects survive. For miniature tables, beds, and chairs, look for Furniture under Miniature/models.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
9278	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver chain 2 fragments of square section, crotchet links.
56	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver buckle(?). of twisted metal, snake-like twist. 3 frs, perhaps of 2 separate ones. [drawing]
14970	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell stud. [drawing 1:1]
12326	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell inlay. Soldier wearing a helmet and carrying a battle-axe. Hair done up in a chignon at back of head protruding beyond helmet: over left shoulder clothing in shape of a fleece, and under chin a beard; fleece & beard indicated by undulating lines. Head in profile, torso full face. All the incisions originally had black paint. Figure missing below waist- this must have been of some other material. This was found in conjunction with large pieces of slate that had evidently formed the framework to contain shell carvings, cf. Kish plaques. With the slate framework was found a large triangular piece of mother of pearl.
16428	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell Inlay. Fragment. Lower part of draped figure in 1/2 round, with attchment behind for fixing by wire (into wood?) very fine work.
12682	(none)	1929,1017.57	(none)	Shell inlay. Fragment. Engraved with figure of a rampant ibex. In background plants. The engraving is from on a cylindrical plaque ony one section remains. On the back is bitumen evidently used for fixing purposes.
516	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell inlay, eye of a small statue: the shell gives the iris, the eyeball was of a different material.
3188	(none)	1927,1003.247	(none)	Shell inlay fragment. With legs of bull ascending mountain. [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]
3278	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell inlay fragment. Portion of flounced woolen dress, finely worked. From figure ringed on to base by wires at back. Rough sketch. [drawing 1:1]
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
10308	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell Inlay Probably originally set on the butt end of the handle of the copper axe: U.10307. The inlay consists of 1 - hemispherical cap perforated through the middle, 2 rounded nail heads and leaf-shaped fragments [drawing]
601	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell carving. Fragmentary= [below] the Lagash(?) eagle, outstretched. The head, which was made separately, is missing, also tip of right wing, + left leg. Very beautiful work, intended for inlay. [drawing 1:1]
18226	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sheet gold. a strip of fairly heavy metal bent double lengthways as if to form an edging, but the sharp point is solid.
3367D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Series of iron objects. (A) arrowhead: leaf shaped. (B) Bracelet fragments (C) Knife-blade. (D) Ring-headed bolt. Condition of all extremely poor.
6995	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pendant? For inlay. Shell. U. shaped apex like pointed arch. Slightly convex. Text: E-Hurang(12).
6618	(none)	(none)	(none)	Peg. Clay. E.
13709	(none)	1928,1010.880	(none)	Offering-table. Drab clay. Fragments of with incised decoration. The design is remarkable. Round the base, incised chevrons and cross-hatched triangles. The stem has two long vertical slots on each side of which are the door-symbols: on one side is a tree flanked by the dotted triangle of the female organ: on the other side is a tree on one side of which is a house(?) either built on piles or with the lower part of its walls of channelled masonry. Field note says much smashed. No drawing. [drawing]
9914	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering-table White limestone Only the stem, and that broken and imperfect [drawing]
12319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. White limestone. Engraved with palm design. Top tray badly broken.
8537	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. Red clay. With incised ornament on stem. Broken but virtually complete.
8776	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. Light drab clay. hollow stem. Incised criss cross and V shaped decoration. Broken and stuck together in antiquity? Part of base missing.
8233	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. Clay. Normal "champagne" type, the stem decorated with incised design of palm-leaves, but not slit. Broken but complete.
14055	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. Baked clay. Badly smashed. Incised decoration.