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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8996 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell roundel. Convex above with incised 8 point star, the petals inlaid with lapis and red paste, 3 red and 5 blue of which one is missing. [drawing] |
| 8997 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell roundel. With 8-pointed star rosette engraved on the convex surface, the petals originally inlaid with red and blue, but the inlay missing. The shell is mounted on a disk of red limestone. |
| 9000 | (none) | 1928,1009.378 | (none) | Originally of wood (which has disappeared and left no trace at all), the top and edges encrusted with bone, shell, lapis and red paste tesserae set in bitumen: the bone tesserae are themselves engraved with geometrical and other patterns and inlaid with red paste and lapis. The board is in 2 unequal parts, rectangular, joined by a narrow neck: the upper part consists of 6 squares inside the border, the neck is 1 square wide and 2 long, the lower part had originally 4 rows of squares (12) and below those one or more rows of long triangular tesserae, shell and mother of pearl, with red paste triangles between them, the points of (one row of) the white tesserae pointing downwards. When found the object lay face downwards and on a slant: the upper part, nect, and 3 rows of squares of the lower part were complete, all except for one square at the bottom of the 4th row there was left there in position only a broken corner of a square. The broken square and 3 others, and also a number of triangles, were found separately in the dirt in front and below, but part of a row of white triangles (the red paste was reduced to powder) lay points upwards and face outwards against the back of the board: clearly the latter had been broken and doubled back: the tesserae at the line of the break had sprung and been dislodged. [drawing 1:5] | |
| 9049 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Shell White Curvilinear desig 6 holes partially perforated on body of seal to admit inlay. No trace of inlay left. [drawing] |
| 9050 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Shell White. A seated divinity and 3 standing figures. Poor condition. |
| 9069 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Shell Subject indistinct Rampant lion and rampant gazelle. |
| 9112 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Set of shell plaques. 4 are engraved with figures of animals, 2 of bulls, one of a stag, one a gazelle, all with foliage behind: the engraved lines were filled in with color, black for the animals, red for the scenery. The order of the 4 main plaques is certain, one above the other, bull, bull, stag, gazelle: with them were 2 pieces with eye design and the position of these is uncertain: but as a lapis border on the right was pink, the latter was probably the outside and the eye plaques came on the left. With these was found a single piece of mother of pearl border (?) with a circle on it at one end on one side, and at each end on the other. The whole restored as a single piece. Inlay or other incrustation, 3 plaques of shell with engravings of cattle, one above the other, between them and above blue lapis strips, red limestone down the front against the heads of bulls. The engraved line were filled in with black color for animals and red for landscape. [drawing] A 4th, broken, plaque with a gazelle was found, and 2 'eye' pieces. | |
| 9117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Subject: 2 figures seated and drinking through straws, one figure standing at their backs. |
| 9120 | (none) | 1928,1009.22 | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell The surface damaged Gilgamesh and Eabani |
| 9144 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads very small lapis and gold balls, with them a pendant of artificial cat's eye (hematite(?) & shell) set in copper. [drawing of cat's eye] |
| 9160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay Square shell plaques with 5 dots of lapis inset. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9166 | (none) | (none) | B16853 | Cylinder seal Pinkish stone Rampant beasts Poor work and rubbed Chipped at base | |
| 9187 | (none) | (none) | B16871 | Cylinder seal White shell Burnt and reduced to lime. Scene: fighting men and animals. | |
| 9255 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ostrich egg Broken and part missing. Decorated at one end with tesselated triangles of white shell alternated by triangles and diamonds of bitumen. There are 5 rows of triangles and above strips of shell 0015 wide and 002 high. |
| 9261 | (none) | (none) | B16892 | Cylinder seal Shell? 2 seated gods, between them a standing god. Behind one throne a palm tree. | |
| 9271 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cockle shell Containing Peacock Blue Paint |
| 9281 | (none) | 1928,1009.66 | (none) | Beads Small double conoids of gold and lapis One large lapis bead with gold cap and a gold wire let into it spirally one square shell bead & one carnelian bugle. |
| 9290 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work |
| 9306A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A,B) Two Shell plaques Found together. Engraved, one with a puma, the other with a wild goat. 003sq Originally mounted in bitumen With these were three strips of bone inlay for border and 4 pairs of lapis strip border, total of lapis length 005 |
| 9306B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A,B) Two Shell plaques Found together. Engraved, one with a puma, the other with a wild goat. 003sq Originally mounted in bitumen With these were three strips of bone inlay for border and 4 pairs of lapis strip border, total of lapis length 005 |
| 9341 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Almost all the surface gone, but one small part left showing a lion, a stag and a spotted leopard. Found attached by a silver band to the belt. |
| 9355 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Plaque and shell fragments Plaque is square, made of shale, and set with five shell circles in one face like a domino number 5. Two of the circles missing. Fragments of shell plaques, one bearing traces of red paint and engraved with the figure of an eagle attacking the back of a bull ? A fresh water shell L.008 from the valve end. |
| 9503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Somewhat decayed 2 very large scorpions with a star between them a standing human figure, and an upright pole with a star on top |
| 9528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Very poor and almost wholly effaced: worship of a god, between 2 emblems(?) |
| 9551 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. With copper caps, one broken. 2 heroes fighting a lion & a bull. Traces of an inscription. |