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)
18260A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements]
18297	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay nail? Of painted Obaid ware. The top is broken and seems to have been cup shaped. [drawing]
18309	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of inlay. White limestone. From a frieze of Al Obaid type. A man, naked except for a loin cloth, kneeling on one knee and wielding a paddle or punt-pole (?). The head missing.
18313A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inlay. Fragments of grey steatite. Hair of head or beard from a large figure. [drawing] [A] One large piece thus [reference to drawing]. [B] One fragment from the upper part perhaps fitting on, [C] and one single curl
18335	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bolt. With shaft round in section and gilt head.
18358	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold leaf. Fragment of very thin metal cut out for inlay with small shield-shaped stones arranged in rows.
19086	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inlay, or gaming pieces and inlay. 7 shell squares each originally engraved which were inlaid between borders of narrow brown wood(?) strips: also 5 shale disks each inlaid with 5 large white dots and 1, 2, or 3 small red dots; and two square shale pieces each inlaid with 5 white dots (probably there were more which were lost); the shell squares are inlay, the others may be gaming pieces. [drawing 1:1]
19162	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone table of offerings. White limestone. On the stem, incised palm-leaf pattern. Type 101.
20056	(none)	(none)	(none)	Table-top? White limestone. Semi-circular, with 3 small holes for attachment of legs (?) and three large holes, for standing vases (?). All holes larger at the top. [drawing]
20080	(none)	(none)	(none)	Disk of white limestone. Flat below, convex above. Pierced with central hole, and 8 depressions as for inlay. [drawing]
20093	(none)	(none)	(none)	Obsidian 'nail'. White obsidian. [drawing 1:1]
18109B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period.
18109C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period.
18109D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period.
18260B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements]
18260C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements]
6620B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Crescent moon with [B] disk? Copper.
8013E	(none)	(none)	B16851	[A and B] Two silver bracelets. Made of three twists of wire. To one of these is attached by corrosion an [C] object of silver apparently containing a cockle shell [D]; the cockle shell has in it green pigment and was covered by a silver shell (broken) thus: [drawing] though it is impossible to say whether the shell is really belonging or only accidentally attached. Various beads are also attached by corrosion to the bracelet and also [E] an eye of lapis with white shell filling.
8434A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper rivets [drawing] 1:1
8434B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper rivets [drawing] 1:1
8550C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Nails and holdfasts (copper) from the side of a wooden coffin. The nails have curled-over heads thus [drawing]. One holdfast thus [drawing]
9574B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Hasps (?) [A-B] Found in the matting above the body and possibly used to fasten the ends of the mats together [drawing] 1:1 (NB the real metal is much thinner than is here drawn)
9655B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper Holdfasts 2, found together [drawing]1:1
9846B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]
9846C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Holdfasts (4) Hoop-shaped. Possibly fasteners for adjusting a belt by means of a toggle. cf. Field Notes. Only one in good condition. One badly broken. [drawing 1:1]