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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16386 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell finger ring. |
| 16410 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Standing hero, & beasts fightling, heraldically crossed. 16411 |
| 16424 | (none) | 1931,1010.1 | (none) | Statue. White limestone, with eyes inlaid with shell and lapis; traces of black paint on hair. Female figure standing, hands clasped in front of the body. Nose broken, one eye pupil restored. The hair is simply treated with curls across the forehead, then a broad bandeau; the back hair is brought up & over the bandeau in a small chignon and hangs in a heavy wave above the shoulders & at back of head. She wears a plain chiton & heavy cloak falling from the shoulders over the arms in straight lines to the feet. The feet are missing, the base of the stone being broken away; when found the statue was let into a round baase and bitumen had been plastered round it & smoothed down so as to make a spreading skirt at the expense of loss of design to the figure, which was this reduced from an original height ofc. 54mm to 37mm (the bitumen has been kept on by waxing). It had also been broken in half and mended with bitumen. The workmanship is not very good, and the decayed surface of the stone does it less than justice - but the type is a good classical one. The statue was obviously an antiquity given a place of honor in a temple which must date to circ. BC; so that the date of the statue might well be as early as the 3rd dynasty of UR. |
| 16425 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statue. White limestone; broken in half but complete. The eyes inlaid with lapis, brown-painted shell and steatite, the nose of plaster, yellow paint on top of head. Female figure, standing rigid, the hands clasped in front of the body; she wears a long garment with 7 pleated flounces reaching to the ground, the arms hiden by the second flounce with seems to be a short cape. Two long tresses of hair hang down in front over the shoulders, the rest of the hair hangs down behind in a heavy square-cut netting. A bandeau passes across the forehead and also it rises a flat sharp-edged disk marked by criss-cross lines. It is painted yellow & may represent the (early) gold ribbon headdress; in the top of it at the back are 3 holes in which must have been stuck hed ornaments after the fashion of the (early) comos. The ears are pierced for metal ear0ring. The nose (perhaps because the original had been broken off(?) was made separately; there was a deep slot to fasten it on; one half of the nose modeled in plaster (out in bad condition & mishappen) was found and has been provisionally attacked. The figure is extraordinarily ugly, and the workmanship is flaccid and mechanical. |
| 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. |
| 16559E | 31-43-55 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible. | |
| 16608 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Presentation scene. Enthroned god. Attendant stands behind 2 figures approached the enthroned god. |
| 1661 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed set, carnelian, shell, agate, etc., and one large gold bead. Brought in together. |
| 16624 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulet. White shell. Top of head missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16627 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Gilgamesh & Eabani fighting rampant lion & bull(?). |
| 16700 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp, with trough spout. Type found in Jemdet Nasr, 1st Dynasty, and Sargonid graves. Here found in a Larsa grave. |
| 16738A | (none) | 1931,1010.91 | (none) | Puzuzu heads. [A] One shell, [B] one frit. Both pierced at top of head for suspension. |
| 16742A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 miniature shell plaques. Engraved with design of a bird. (A) roughly oval-one end broken away. [drawing 1:1] (B) Roughly circular. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16742B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 miniature shell plaques. Engraved with design of a bird. (A) roughly oval-one end broken away. [drawing 1:1] (B) Roughly circular. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16775 | 31-43-166 | (none) | (none) | Beads: minute shell rings. | |
| 16777A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 shell rings. |
| 16777B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 shell rings. |
| 16777C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 shell rings. |
| 16777D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 shell rings. |
| 16777E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 shell rings. |
| 16777F | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-F] 6 shell rings. |
| 16788 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Above: presentation scene before seated god. Below: 3 geese. |
| 16800 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White shell amulet. In form of a duck with a star engraved on the base. |
| 16806 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell cylinder seal.? |
| 16809 | (none) | 1933,1013.52 | (none) | Shell cylinder seal (not pierced). ^dAdad-ba(?)-ni(?) ,dumu Nu-ur- ^dAdad... |