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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16809 | (none) | 1933,1013.52 | (none) | Shell cylinder seal (not pierced). ^dAdad-ba(?)-ni(?) ,dumu Nu-ur- ^dAdad... | |
 | 18216 | (none) | 1933,1013.72 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Badly worn: designed of naked hunter with lion and rampant animals. |
| 18497 | (none) | 1933,1013.88 | (none) | Shell handle? Flat and bent. Animal thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1] |
| 18329 | (none) | 1933,1013.89 | (none) | Amulet. Shell in form of an open human hand. |
| 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. |
| 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?) |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0112.28 | (none) | (none) |
| 19057 | (none) | 1935,0112.35 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Hunters and fighting animals. |
| 19081 | (none) | 1935,0112.41 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Hunters fighting animals. |
| 20094 | (none) | 1935,0112.44 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Half of (split longitudinally). Shell. Two registers. Above, 4 standing figures of man[?]. Below, 2 men punting a boat : a large jar in the prow. |
| 18758 | (none) | 1935,0112.56 | (none) | Shell amulet in form of a seated cow, pierced longitudinally. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18862 | (none) | 1935,0112.57 | (none) | Bead, half of: flattened date-shaped, carnelian, artifcially bleached white all over (the bleaching has penetrated deep into the stone) and then etched with a black pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 19237 | (none) | 1935,0112.84 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian cylinders, shell cylinders and lapis rings. |
| 9997 | (none) | 1935,0113.434 | (none) | Bead Small double conoids of silver and lapis |
| 18140 | (none) | 1935,0113.453 | (none) | Beads. Shell tubular, with spacer (poor). |
| 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. |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.850 | (none) | (none) | |
| 10405B | (none) | 1935,0116.436 | (none) | [B-C] Cockle shells Containing black and green paint Vol II: Royal Cemetery |
| 10405C | (none) | 1935,0116.436 | (none) | [B-C] Cockle shells Containing black and green paint Vol II: Royal Cemetery |