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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17918 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Duck. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Boss of string of beads. Steatite with inlay of shell, alternating pieces painted with yellow. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18115 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 malachite cylinder, 2 white calcite rhomboids, 1 cylinder seal, grey steatite, much defaced, with seated goddess and 2 standing figures and traces of 2 columns of inscription: cylinders of shell, steatite, pine limestone, some originally with figures but all defaced, eliptical beads of white calcite, agate, biconvex rectangles, square section tubular red limestone, black stone discoid, carnelian date-shaped, glass ball, and one limestone disk with crudely incised design thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] |
| 18140 | (none) | 1935,0113.453 | (none) | Beads. Shell tubular, with spacer (poor). |
| 18180 | 32-40-328 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Two ostriches (?). |
| 18207A | (none) | 1935,0113.454 | (none) | Beads. A mixed lot, largely paste. The bulk were said to be from one grave. Yellow, blue and white rings and double conoids. Glass paste rings, dark grey; with the some stone beads which may not belong to the main set. |
| 18216 | (none) | 1933,1013.72 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Badly worn: designed of naked hunter with lion and rampant animals. |
| 18231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Puzuzu head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18251 | (none) | 1933,1013.90 | (none) | Fragment of inlay. Shell. On one side, plain grooving, part of a hair pattern (probably for the flounce of a skirt): on the other side, very faint, a human figure, from the neck downwards, wearing a kaunakes and advancing right. Top missing. The inlay has been reused and the figure design seems to be the earlier. |
| 18255 | 33-35-166 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Puzuzu head. [drawing] | |
| 18259 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Shell. Type VI. |
| 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] |
| 18267 | 33-35-144 | (none) | (none) | Beads. White, pink and blue glazed beads shaped as triple rings, and rings and balls and tubes, one square, one notched rectangle, 2 long date shaped; shell rings, 1 large black and white glass date shaped: 2 flattened shell limbs. | |
| 18274 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene, standing god and 2 other standing figures. |
| 18278 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standing figures. |
| 18290 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Puzuzu head. |
| 18329 | (none) | 1933,1013.89 | (none) | Amulet. Shell in form of an open human hand. |
| 18343 | 33-35-175 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Coarse work, much damaged, and apparently unfinished. Men fighting animals. |
| 18362 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet, shell a pig (?) pierced vertically through the body. [drawing] |
| 18430 | (none) | 1933,1013.169 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and white shell tubes and rings. |
| 18439 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large shell tubular bead, date-shaped calcite head flattened on one end, carnelian rings and very small small rings and a few large ditto and one large ring of black stone. |
| 18440 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings and 2 shell curved tubes. |
| 18441 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and two barrel-shaped of black steatite and 1 shell cylindrical. |
| 18462 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Shell and carnelian rings and very long bugles apparently of white paste (?) broken: also a barrel of dark steatite (?) |
| 18464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 3 long spacers made from the lips of cowtie shells, shell tubes and black stone barrel. |