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)
2857	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black diorite. About BC 2400 [drawing]
2858	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black limestone. About BC 2100. [drawing]
2859	(none)	1927,1003.200	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2400 [drawing]
2888	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of inlay. Arogonite, oblong: pierced behind for suspension: honey-colored.
2892	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2800 [drawing]
2893	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Greyish limestone. About BC 2400. [drawing]
2909	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature frog. Black stone: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
2912	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone weight. Reddish brown pebble with faces ground flat. Type ? VIII.
2917	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone fragment. Relief with part of head of human figure. [Relief with jar and fragments of other objects has been crossed out] [drawing 1:1]
2918	(none)	1927,1003.253	(none)	Lapis lazuli bull. Couchant with head turned. Pierced in three places for suspension.
2920	(none)	1927,1003.240	(none)	Eye from figurine. Shell with pupil of lapis lazuli. [drawing 1:1]
2934	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily.
2937D.15	(none)	1927,1003.222	(none)	Necklace [D] including 15 beads carnelian-1 glass- 1 pebble- 3 crystal- 2 paste- 2 sard-and [A-C] three cylinder seals. (A) Red marble Assyrian influence about BC 700. [Drawing] (B) Hematite: Sun god rising sword in hand on mountain-3 lines inscription worn out-BC 2000. (C) Limestone [Drawing]. [E Tablet according to British Museum. Not attested on field card]
2975	(none)	(none)	(none)	Jeweller's mould. Double mould of black stone. [drawing 1:1]
2981	(none)	(none)	(none)	Polished celt. Green stone, flattened. [drawing 1:1]
2993	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Soapstone III Ur Dynasty. Weather worn. [drawing]
2994	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. III Ur Dynasty. [drawing]
2996	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster vase. Small fragment. Inscribed. (To) his king (?) For the life of dDun-gi, the mighty hero, king of Ur, ( ) na-ga
3019	(none)	(none)	(none)	Foundation tablets. Kurigalzu. Limestone. To dNin-BAD-LA, his king, Kurigalzu minister of Enlil, mighty king, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the 4 regions of the world. The Ga-(bur ), the old house decayed from ancient days, he built, and restored to his place. Same text on Copper U.3022. H.C.
3020	(none)	1927,1003.6	(none)	Foundation tablet of Warad-Sin. Soapstone. Warad-Sin, the mighty man, who takes care of Ur, king of Larsa, king of Sumer and Akkad son of Kudur-Mabug, adda of Emulbal. In order to enlarge Ur, to enclose its sides, to gain a great name, Nannar my king, has listened unto me. The great wall, raised like a mountain, that might not be undermined, which strikes wonder, I built to him. This wall Nannar fortifies the foundation of the land such is its name... etc Cf. brick in SAKI p.213.B. Same text text on copper tablet U.3021. H.C.
3027	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone weight. Blue stone pebble with 2 sides ground flat. Type ? VIII
3031	(none)	1927,1003.4	(none)	Door-socket of Bur-Sin. Blue stone. Same inscription U.295 (Photo 24) To Nin-gal, his lady Bur-Sin mighty hero king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world has built her beloved house, Gi(g)-par azag for his life he has dedicated.
3032	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ur-Engur Door-socket. Common in scripot: builder of E-Nannar. In text: Kassite period(13)
3037	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bur-Sin. Door-socket. Blue stone. Flaking off. To Ningal. Builts Gig-par azag. Duplicate of U.3031. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (8).
3041A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone plumb-bobs. A. of buff colored limestone. B. a harder grey stone. [drawing]