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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19104 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Hunter fighting animals. |
| 19129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl. Shell Conical, with engraved lines and holes originally inlaid with lapis dots. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. In the form of a claw. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19191 | 35-1-1 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. With rings of steatite inset at the two ends. Heroes fighting animals. (somewhat decayed). |
| 19197 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylidner seal. Shell. Partly decayed. Hero fighting animals. |
| 19216 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. The surface partly decayed. Two registers of fighting animals. |
| 19223 | (none) | 1935,0112.81 | (none) | Beads. Lapis tubes & ovals, quartzite double conoids; also a quantity of shell rings, and some small shells pierced as beads. |
| 19230 | 35-1-3 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Fightling animals and a spread eagle over a tree. |
| 19233 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and one shell tube. |
| 19235 | 35-1-68 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Four shell tubes (one borken); four carnelian and four crystal rings. | |
| 19236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian ball, date-shaped and cylindrical, lapis facetted date-shaped and date-shaped, shell square, shell double conoids. |
| 19237 | (none) | 1935,0112.84 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian cylinders, shell cylinders and lapis rings. |
| 19247 | (none) | 1935,0112.80 | (none) | Beads. 1 shell tube, and 2 oval shell frontlets; diamond beads of lapis, mother-of-pearl, paste and limestone, paste balls, small shell rings, quartzite rhomboid and square paste spacers. |
| 19248 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Very long shells, four tubes and one oval frontlet pierced at each end. |
| 19253 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings and small shell rings and spacer. |
| 19256 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, black steatite rings (large), shell and black steatite tubes(large), calcite button, very small shell (or paste) rings. |
| 19447 | (none) | (none) | (none) | fighting animals |
| 19448 | (none) | 1935,0112.107 | (none) | cut open as lamp, and with a knob base cut on the back,in which two holes (for fixing in a stand?) |
| 19486 | 35-1-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Design of men ovals horizontally placed |
| 19573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. 2 registers : above, a banquet scene, below, spread eagle |
| 19574 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Shell cylinder with geometric pattern engraved and inlaid lapis dots : minute shell and paste rings, small carnelian and lapis balls and rings. |
| 19575.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold | |
| 19575.3 | (none) | 1935,0112.79 | (none) | [.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold |
| 19575.4 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold |
| 19575.5 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold |