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.  

Objects: Stones and Minerals Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
911 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster bowl. Fragment of.
912 (none) (none) (none) White marble bowl. Fragment of Roughly cut, and surface a good deal decayed.
916 (none) (none) (none) Limestone figurine. of a recumbent doe. [drawing 1:1]
950 (none) (none) B15322, B15322 Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU.
977 (none) (none) B14978 Stone bowl.
985 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of small stone mace head. With three line inscription giving someone's name, his father, and his official title.
988 (none) (none) (none) Stone fragment. Portions of 3 line inscription.
996B (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. Grey Steatite Broken. Hemispherical with Projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rime decorated with diagnonal stripes: Round sides, belwo rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles.
1001 (none) (none) (none) Steatite plaque. One side flat, one convex. Rectangular. Uninscribed. Sent to Baghdad. Found with U.1000
1043 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black and white marble. Large, rather coarsely engraved. Men and beasts, subjects.
1044 (none) (none) B15271 Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing]
1045 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Large with coarsely engraved scenes of animal, etc.
1046 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription.
1047 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription.
1048 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing figures.
1049 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Small: figures and inscription.
1050 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures.
1051 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White quartzite. Chipped. Figures.
1052 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite: presentation scene.
1053 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Bad condition. Figures and inscription.
1054 (none) (none) B15276 Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Very small.
1101 (none) (none) B15730 Duck weight. Black granite. Rough P.
1128 (none) (none) (none) Cult object. Rude flat human figure: broken. Red pebble. [drawing 1:1]
1135 (none) (none) (none) Flint implement. arrowhead? [drawing 1:1]
1141 (none) (none) (none) Pebble head of snake. Green pebble. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]

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