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)
1327	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from head of a large black diorite statue of a king of the 3rd Dyn (?) of Ur. Remains of an inscriptoin appear above the hair over the left forehead.
1356	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of black diorite, with traces of an inscription, probably of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur.
1357	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket of Ur-Nammu, with inscription duplicate of the bricks from the Ziggurat. SAKI p.186a.
1358	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint implement. Spoon-shaped, the haft broken off. [drawing 1:1]
1367	(none)	(none)	B15322, B15322	Sandstone gate socket of Kurigalzu, with inscription similar to that of U.1208, 9 lines.
1410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1411	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black marble (?) Eagle with outspread wings clutching the backs of 2 rampant ibexes which turn their heads backward. Between the heads of the 2 creatures is a palm-tree or symbol. No inscription.
1412	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Bluish-black marble. Introduction to a god, seated right, with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription left blank..
1414	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Introduction to a god seated right with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription blank.
1415	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion which leaps between them, facing right. No inscription.
1416	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Small. With indistinct device of a human figure, striding right, followed by two others with hands clasped and upheld. No inscription.
1417	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion, which leaps between them facing right.
1418	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Half. Portions of 2 human figures and an uncertain object.
1424	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone seal. Black four-sided. 2 wide and 2 narrow sides, pierced like a cylinder seal. One of wide sides has figure of a god standing on the back of an animal, the corresponding side a bird. On the narrow sides are designs. [drawing]
1437	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Light grey stone. 2 registers: upper, 3 seated figures, female, with plant in jar between 2 of them; lower register, scene with ibex(?)
1471	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl of mortar. Greenish-brown veined stone.
1487	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Crystal. Four-winged deity carrying a sickle and facing him a winged bull erect; a cross between their feet. In text: see U.1359 etc.
1504	(none)	(none)	B15729	Stone weight(?) grey-black stone. Flattened on underside. Incised marks (possibly Aramaic letters) Type I. P. [drawing].
1507	(none)	(none)	B15731	Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia]
1509	(none)	(none)	(none)	Plumb-bob. Black stone, with hole at end and 3 at side, and remains of copper wire within. Like U.1502. In text, see U.1359
1510	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Black stone. Conical; deity(?) and crescent on pole.
1521	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription.
1522	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark stone. Half. With trace of an archaic inscription.
1523	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. One side much damaged. Device is in 2 registers. Introduction scene above and crude design of swans below. Inscription: ahat-i-li-lugal-usum-(gal)-la PA. For design and inscription compare U.1268 and U.1267.
1543	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mace head. White hard stone (marble?). Incised with 3 vertical bands of 3 lines each. Chipped. [drawing 1:1]