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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11175A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seals. Shell. [A} A good deal decayed: design of fighting animals. At one end the hole is of normal size: at the other end it is much enlarged and into it is fitted [B] a second cylinder, engraved with rope-net pattern and a bull. |
| 11175B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seals. Shell. [A} A good deal decayed: design of fighting animals. At one end the hole is of normal size: at the other end it is much enlarged and into it is fitted [B] a second cylinder, engraved with rope-net pattern and a bull. |
| 11176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Very badly decayed. |
| 11178 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Completely decayed, but apparently with large rampant animals and an inscription of which only one sign is legible. [drawing] |
| 112 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Eye for a statue. Core of shell, cut to shape, with hollow to take eyeball inlay. |
| 11222 | (none) | (none) | B16745 | Shell Plaque. half. Silhouetted: a half-human monster fighting with a bull. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 11230D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing. |
| 11404 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Subject: 2 groups each composed of a man fighting a lion and a gazelle (?) respectively: the latter scene decayed. Carinated type. |
| 11405 | 30-12-39 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Presentation scene: Seated goddess: before her a female worshipper introduced by a goddess. | |
| 11428 | 30-12-51 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell much decayed. | |
| 11440A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder seal & [B] pin. Copper pin, slender: To which was attached (by a string) a cylinder seal of white shell, with scene of fighting animals; hopelessly decayed on one side. |
| 11441B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Consisting of [A](1) a spiral band of narrow gold ribbon (broken); [B](2) seven beads of agate, carnelian, steatite, shell (?), lapis, lapis, paste; [C](3) a copper pin 019 long (broken into 3 pieces). |
| 11443 | 30-12-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5. | |
| 11444 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A few small beads of lapis, carnelian and shell, found together but not in order. |
| 11485 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. One long bead of white shell, and a number of small lapis and carnelian beads, lentoids and balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11490B | 30-12-50 | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin & cylinder seal. Copper pin plain, tang head (tang) broken), to which was attached a small white shell cylinder seal with design of a palm tree on one side of which 2 rampant lions, on the other apparently a winged bull (?) the surface very much decayed. | |
| 11491A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small carnelian & lapis: the carnelian mostly rings & small bugles, the lapis balls & double conoids. [object identified in publication] |
| 11491B | 30-12-502 | (none) | (none) | [no description, object identified in publication] | |
| 11504 | (none) | 1929,1017.56 | (none) | Shell Plaque. Engraved with animal scene. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell. Cut as a lamp. |
| 11528 | 30-12-8 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell much decayed. Subject: a man & 2 lions rampant against a deer? upside down. | |
| 11533 | 30-12-24 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Scene. | |
| 11560 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, gold, carnelian & shell forming a belt. (See Field Notes). NB = Most of the beads are in the mixed collection. Then put apart in a cigarette box an almost [illegible 3 word phrase] of the same belt.) |
| 11565 | (none) | 1929,1017.349 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Subject: lions & bulls fighting. Inscribed sign(?) resembling sag, supporting a crescent. HC..10 [drawing] |
| 11597A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. [A](1) Shell, cut as a lamp & engraved with the head & neck of a bird (the eye orginally inlaid but inlay is missing) [drawing] [B](2) Copper Dagger (broken). Type IV; [C](3) Copper pin with lapis ball head (broken)[Type] V. |