Stones and Minerals

Stone is the term we use for the overarching category of minerals and rocks. Stones are hard substances that come from the ground and is used in many different objects, from building to small stones in jewelry.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
749	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small fragment of obsidian, with parts of signs from 2 lines. Illegible.
756	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inscribed stone fragment. Portions of signs from bottom line of inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1.
774	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Fragment of white marble, thick, saucer, fluted on the outside. Full Ht. 25mm [recorded as H. 25mm in measurement field][drawing]
775	(none)	(none)	B15248	Carnelian cylinder seal. Archer in chariot driving rt. shoots at kneeling archer l. Late style with a good deal of drill point work, but not bad. ? 8th century.
776	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 fig of adorants approaching a god l. with crescent above: behind, 4 small fig. in 2 registers: good work.
790	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: man fighting lion(?) : traces of 1 column inscription erased. Poor work.
799	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. of (crossed out word) carnelian and amethyst, with lunar pendant of agate. Restrung approximately in original order. Carnelian, 58; amethyst, 17; 1 pebble; 1 lapis paste; 1 agate pendant.
800	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian 12; amethyst 11; crystal 1; restrung approximately in the original order. Bracelet.
805	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diorite statue. Of Entemena. Found in burnt layer on Nabonidus pavement before the inner doorway of the Ziggurat gate in the SW temenos wall. Headless. Long inscription on rt. upper arm and across back of shoulders. Wears usual fleece skirt: hands clasped below breasts.
806	(none)	1923,1110.2	(none)	Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of NABONIDUS. The fragments of the iron shoe of the door-post are still fixed in the stone.
808	(none)	(none)	B15325	Basalt duck weight. Broken below the breast and badly cracked by fire. Inscribed on wing 30 true minas. Type VI
810	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Flat base, straight sides. Type JN23 new.
811	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat.
812	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides, flat base.
813	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. of fine-grained date-colored stone, sides slightly curved, base flat.
814	(none)	(none)	B14980	Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat.
815	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bown. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides curve in strongly to base marked by a slight disk. Rim chipped.
816	(none)	1923,1110.66	(none)	Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Almost straight sides, flat base. Broken but complete.
817	(none)	(none)	B14981	Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Broken in half and some fragments missing. Sides practically straight, base flat.
818	(none)	1923,1110.62	(none)	Stone bowl of grey fine-grained slatey stone. Broken, but virtually complete. Sides straight, base flat.
819	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Fragment of: of Light blue-grey mottled stone, loose grained.
820	(none)	(none)	B14979	Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble.
821	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl of rose-pink mottled stone (marble?)
822	(none)	1923,1110.61	(none)	Stone bowl of coarse grey limestone, chip out of rim.
823A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Five Roundels green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases?