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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
| 9567 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal Shell Two heroes fighting a lion and a bull. 2 columns of inscription: Gimil-i-li-su; Sangudgis-erim; Gimil-ilisu; Priest of dgisERIM (su for su, as in period of Agade) (HC.203) |
| 9568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell In very poor condition: the subject was two men fighting an animal, but it was hardly distinguishable. |
| 9585A | (none) | (none) | B16946 | [A-B] 2 Cockle shells Containing black paint |
| 9597A | (none) | (none) | B16952 | [A-B] 2 Cockle shells One containing black paint |
| 9620 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Poor condition With copper caps: these are stuck into the seal with bitumen. Pig sticking scene: 3 heroes: 2 of them fighting a boar? The boar is obliterated. |
| 9623A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Necklaces 3 separate strings all from same grave; gold double conoids and ball beads; on copper cores, silver flattened double conoids, lapis lazenges, ball beads, double conoids, carnelian double conoids, minute ring beads. 1 Agate lentoid 1 jasper lentoid 1 shell? bead [drawing] For order of stringing cf. Field Note. |
| 9671 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell cut to serve as a ladle(?) |