Shell
The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or an egg. Can be used for inlays, decoration, or for holding pigments or makeup.
The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or an egg. Can be used for inlays, decoration, or for holding pigments or makeup.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12246A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-T] Shell rings. 20 in number. |
| 12256M | (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. |
| 12316 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lamp. Cut out of a large shell. Head of bird engraved upon it and in the head an inlaid eye of Lapis Lazuli. |
| 12318 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming Pieces & Markers. 7 Gaming pieces. Squares of black steatite with a square hole bored into the middle of one face: inlaid red pastes; 6 squares of white shell with curved lines engraved in corners, in centre an engraved eye with inlaid lapis centre piece. 1-shell square, plain and engraved with the figure of a gazelle and in the background tall plants of the type commonly found on these plaques. 2-shell markers of thin rectangular strips engraved on the thin side with linear decoration. On the other 3 sides each end are 2 incised concentric circles. [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. |
| 12330 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. Inscribed. 2 registers: Banquet scene. Inscrip:den-sa(g) (?)-gan |
| 12351 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Harp. A plaster case of the original wooden frame (see detailed drawing in Field Notes) to which is attached, in front of the sounding-board, a copper head of a cow: below this is a shell plaque in 2 pieces with border-strip between, showing 2 goats rampant and back to back in bushy country. |
| 12357B | 30-12-702 | (none) | (none) | [A, B] Statues of rams. A pair. With gold heads and legs; lapis horns, eyes and manes; shell fleeces; silver bellies; the plants and flowers gold; mounted on silver stands with pink and white mosaic diaper. The ram stands on his hind legs, the front legs doubled up and shackled to the stems of tall plants whose arrowhead shaped leaves & rosette flowers rise on each side of the head. Gold sockets rising from the shoulder shows that they were supports for something : of this the only possible trace was a white substance, perhaps leather, which lay under the second animal found. The first animal [A] is rather badly broken & the legs & part of the rump are separate but the thickness of the body is preserved : the second [B] is squashed quite flat but keeps its silhouette & only 3 of the flowers are detached. | |
| 12368G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [C] Necklace of lapis and gold ribbed ball beads (for order see field notes). [D] Necklace of small lapis conoid beads. [E] Necklace of silver beads. [F] Silver pin type VI B, lapis head. [G] Cockle shells containing paint (green). |
| 12379G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids (smaller beads). [E] Silver pin with lapis head VI B. [F] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings: for order see field notes. [G] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12384E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [E] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12390C | 31-17-119 | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Silver wire spiral coil hair ring (one). [B] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [C] White shell cylinder seal much decayed: subject, 1 human figure and 4 fighting animals, heraldically crossed. [D] Copper pin with painted head [Type] IV B. | |
| 12392J | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C.1-.2] Silver wire spiral end hair rings (inside the gold earrings). [D] Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [E] Necklace of lapis and gold triangles. [F] Necklace of lapis and gold ball beads (for order see field notes). [G] Bracelet of lapis and gold tubular beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [H] Silver pin [Type] VI B with lapis head. [I] Copper pin [Type] II B (Broken). [J] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12399D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [B] Necklace of lapis and gold ribbed ball beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [C] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [D] Shell rings. [E] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI (broken). [F] Cockle shells with green paint. [G] A bracelet of double conoid lapis beads. |
| 12399F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [B] Necklace of lapis and gold ribbed ball beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [C] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [D] Shell rings. [E] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI (broken). [F] Cockle shells with green paint. [G] A bracelet of double conoid lapis beads. |
| 12404E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [D] Silver pin with gold and lapis ball head [Type] VI B. [E] Cockle shell with green-blue paint. |
| 12412H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Gold lunate earring. [C] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of silver and lapis double conoid heads. [F] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [G] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings. [H] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12413M | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis ball beads. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads. [H] Necklace of quartz, carnelian and gold beads. [I] Lapis cylinder seal. [J] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [K] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [L] A second similar bracelet. [M] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12419F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Gold lunate earrings. [B] Silver wire spiral coil hair rings. [C] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads (order in field notes). [D]Necklace of small lapis ball beads. [E] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [F] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12422D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [B] Necklace of small lapis double conoid beads. [C] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] V B. [D] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12426F | 30-12-688 | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Large gold lunate earring (only one was found on the head: the other was loose in the ground and need not necessarily below = cf. also No.74). [B] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [D] Silver pin with lapis head VI B. [E] Bracelet of tubular gold and lapis beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes). [F] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 12430 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cockle shells containing green pain. Found with the bodies in the death pit. |
| 12431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Staff head. Of white shell, with 2 black and 2 white rings from the upper part of the stem. It was lying close to the top crossbar of the silver cow harp and might possibly be the handle of a plectrum. [drawing 1:1] |
| 12433F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb groups. From the bodies in the death pit. [Numbered entries refer to bodies, not all bodies associated with objects.] --With No. 5: [A] Lapis and silver double conoid beads. [B] Silver wire spiral coil earring. --With No. 7: [C] Lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 8: [D] Lapis double conoid beads and 1 long agate lentoid. --With No. 9: [E] Lapis double conoid beads. [F] Cylinder seal, white shell. --With No. 10: [G] Silver wire spiral coil earring. --With No. 11: [H] Lapis double beads --With No. 12: [I] Silver wire spiral coil earring. [J] Small lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 13: [K] Silver pin [Type] VI B with lapis head. [L] Lapis ball beads. --With No. 14: [M] Lapis ball beads --With No. 15: [N] Lapis and silver ball beads. --With No. 16: [O] Lapis and silver double conoid beads. --With No. 17: [P] Lapis ball beads. [Q] Silver wire spiral coil earring. --With No. 18: [R] Lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 20: [S] Lapis lentoid beads. --With No. 22: [T] Small lapis ball beads. [U] Also: one moderate sized silver lunate earring. |
| 12435A | 30-12-696 | (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. |