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)
96A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two Pebbles. pierced to be worn as amulets. [drawing 1:1]
96B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two Pebbles. pierced to be worn as amulets. [drawing 1:1]
98	(none)	(none)	(none)	Veined agate fragment. Inscribed with a dedication to Nannar.
108	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fr. of alabaster vase. =RC..91a. [drawing]
114	(none)	(none)	(none)	Haematite Weight (?). [drawing 1:1] Type III
116	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from base of clay pot containing bright blue pigment.
122	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fr. of stone tablet. Fine-grained limestone. Inscribed [drawing] [Annotated] Sumerian accounts of early date? Early
125	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1]
126	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Coarse white marble (?) With black veins, chipped. Two birds: very rough work: late. [drawing 1:1]
127	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowhead. Very well chipped. [drawing 1:1]
138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fr of With remains of inscription in square frame. [drawing] thus
139	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli. Fr of inlay. Apparently hair. [drawing 1:1]
141	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Gilgamesh (?) and lion, sacred tree and another human figure. Poor work and much worn.
152	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Red transluscent pebble, small barrels. 25 in all: found scattered and strung together.
154	(none)	(none)	(none)	Dolerite stela. Fr of, shewing rounded top of stela and head of god wearing cap with horns. About 8th century BC [Annotated] Drawn FgN
155	(none)	1923,1110.183	(none)	Beads, string of found loose in soil together and re-strung. Large yellow paste and light carnelian, 13 in all.
160	(none)	(none)	(none)	Conoid seal. Black steatite on base. A roughly sketched design almost recognizable. [drawing 1:1]
163	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Carnelian. Type VI
167	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White Steatite [crossed out] crystalline marble, burnt: poor condition. Subject: seated god rt; before him an altar, then 2 standing figs l. and remains of column of inscription.
173	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase: Lid. frs of;. Dark grary steatite. About 1/3rd preserved(in 2 pieces) decorated with incised double concentric circles dot centered.
174	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very poorly engraved. [drawing]
178	(none)	1923,1110.46	(none)	Statuette. Red stone. A winged bull or sphinx (?), couched, the head missing: in the back a small cup-like hollow. FGN drawing. [drawing]
181	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stud. Long shanked, of translucent grey flint (?) tip broken. [drawing 1:1]
195	(none)	1923,1110.49	(none)	Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial or votive offering. [drawing]
197	(none)	1923,1110.46	(none)	Stand (?) [Crossed out] Mace-head Grey schist circular with large hole through the center: possibly stand for ceremonial pick??? Originally inlaid. [drawing]