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)
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]
137	(none)	(none)	B14966	Torso of statue. White limestone. Eyes originally inlaid. Surface a great deal worn and the soft parts of the stone decayed, destroying much of the original character. [drawing]
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
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]
176	(none)	(none)	B14959	Fragment of a wig of a statue (??) dolerite [drawing 1:1] [Annotated] Phil
181	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stud. Long shanked, of translucent grey flint (?) tip broken. [drawing 1:1]
194	(none)	(none)	B14960	Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial votive offering. [drawing].
196	(none)	(none)	B14962	Stone hammer-head. Fr of Probably part of ceremonial or votive object. [drawing] 3rd Dynasty Uruk-Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah
200	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. String of mixed beads, carnelian, paste, crystal, etc. Restrung from isolated beads found on the level of the broken stone vases, but not in their vicinity: mostly towards the NW corner of the room. All deep down in the floor packing.
206	(none)	(none)	B14933	Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236
207	(none)	(none)	B14932	Mace-head Alabaster. Complete, except that top moulding is chipped away. Inscribed: [Annotated] Rimush king of Kish.