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.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9209 | (none) | (none) | B16807 | Bangle 61 beads 11 gold double conoids, 50 lapis double conoids. |
| 7505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bangle. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, white paste and crystal beads. 4 spacers, 2 of bone pierced 6 times and 2 of lapis lazuli pierced 3 times. 133 beads in all. |
| 16229X | (none) | 1931,1010.177 | (none) | Bar weight 11.20 GRS. pebble. brown. [drawing] 2 double minettes (nominal weight 11222 grs.). Type III. |
| 16229R | 31-43-106 | (none) | (none) | Bar weight 8.576 GRS. haematite. black. [drawing] 1 sheqel (nominal weight 8.416). Type III. | |
| 16239G | 31-43-117 | (none) | (none) | Bar-weight 2.88 grs. Diorite. Green. [Drawing] 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) Type ? III | |
| 900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt door-socket. In very bad condition. With inscription of KURIGALZU. Reads "To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzu, who is the servant of the sun-god..." (1) Nannar (2) logal-a-ni-ir. (3)(a) Ku-ri-gal-zu. (4) lu arad Babbar-ra?? |
| 808 | (none) | (none) | B15325 | Basalt duck weight. Broken below the breast and badly cracked by fire. Inscribed on wing 30 true minas. Type VI | |
| 420 | (none) | (none) | B15324, B15324 | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. | |
| 421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. |
| 422 | (none) | (none) | B15323 | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 423 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. The stone had been cut down and re-used between the Nebuchadnezzar and the Persian periods: its connection with the door was not certain. |
| 838 | (none) | 1923,1110.1 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. In bad condition. Inscribed with the name of GIMILSIN. |
| 950 | (none) | (none) | B15322, B15322 | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU. | |
| 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. |
| 901 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt impost-stone. Inscription with name, etc., of BURSIN. |
| 6424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Base of alabaster statue. Foot alone remaining. Toes and nails carefully modeled. B. [drawing] |
| 6460 | (none) | 1927,0527.39 | (none) | Base of statuette. Black steatite. Long foot with 4 toes alone remain. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7924 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead Crystal Cylindrical with truncated conical top. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9997 | (none) | 1935,0113.434 | (none) | Bead Small double conoids of silver and lapis |
| 16264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead in form of a couchant lion: carnelian. |
| 3362 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead necklace. Mixed up gold, agate and carnelian. |
| 3170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead necklace. Of glass, carnelian, frit, etc. |
| 18692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead of clouded pale mauve chalcedony. [drawing] |
| 17237 | (none) | 1931,1010.76 | (none) | Bead [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
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