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)
11928A.1	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades.
11976	30-12-281	(none)	(none)	Copper Dagger. Type II F.
12109	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Cramp. Body of cramp shaped like a V with hoop shaped top and at right angles to it and welded onto it a second hoop. [drawing not to scale]
12176	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inlay. From a box? Squares & triangles of mother of pearl, red & black stone.
12181	30-12-314	(none)	(none)	Copper Nail. Mushroom shaped.
12182	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Peg. bent at right angles. Stem is triangular in section and hallowed to form a runnel.
12212	30-12-299	(none)	(none)	Copper Bolt. Rectangular in section with curled head. Tapering end. [Type] VII [drawing 2:5]
12213	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Chain. Broken & decayed. Double link giving a square section, & 1 carnelian double conoid bead. Originally a frontlet.
12256E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions.
12319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. White limestone. Engraved with palm design. Top tray badly broken.
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.
12327	(none)	(none)	(none)	Limestone Inlay. Fragment. Bald-headed Sumerian punting a bellum. Same as U.11400.
12435B	30-12-484	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper bull's head and shell plaques [B]. From a wooden harp. The head (?) that of a calf rather than a bull is in good condition except that the horns are both damaged: the eyes are of lapis and shell and a triangular piece of lapis is inlaid in the forehead. The collar was of white shell triangles and lapis square. The shell plaques have, above, 3 rows of geometric design, each row on a separate strip of shell: then a figure scene, a single strip of geometrical design, another figure scene and 2 strips of geometrical design at the base. The figure scenes are in the mosaic, the white shell figures silhouetted against a composite background of lapis. In upper, a figure seated left holds in his raised right hand a cup while an attendant stands before him. In lower scene, 2 figures advance right, each with his hands raised and clasped in front of him. All the figures wear the fleeced skirt with a belt which forms a tail-like tassel behind: all are clean shaven as to the face but the standing figure s have a lock of hair hanging down the back of the head.
12449	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold chain. One length, from a frontlet. Unnaturally heavy and thick.
12459A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small gold varia. (A) One length of chain. (B) One piece of plain gold binding. (C) One triangular spacer bead from a dog-collar. [drawing] (D) [D and F] 2 tooth shaped gold beads . [drawing] (E) One gold beech leaf found outside the main door. [additional notes on back of card] [drawing]
12707L	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B.
13782	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Tripod. With hollow cylinderical stem (in which were the remains of wood) and curved legs ending in rather sharp points. [drawing]
14055	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. Baked clay. Badly smashed. Incised decoration.
14094	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay offering table. Incised decoration. Hopelessly smashed.
14245A	31-17-245	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper pins. With rolled heads. 1 has tip missing. Type VII.
14924	31-17-267	(none)	(none)	Copper fish hook (?) 1 barb. No sign of hafting. [drawing 1:1]
14933A	31-16-576	(none)	(none)	A Clay nails. Round type, the shaft mostly straight and bent round at the tip, which is missing. B. Complete, the end bent round greenish clay.
14933B	31-16-577	(none)	(none)	A Clay nails. Round type, the shaft mostly straight and bent round at the tip, which is missing. B. Complete, the end bent round greenish clay.
14970	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell stud. [drawing 1:1]
14983	31-16-512	(none)	(none)	Long-shanked stud(?) or nail. White obsidian. [drawing 1:1]