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)
6071	(none)	(none)	(none)	Limestone. White bead. [drawing]
6079	(none)	(none)	(none)	Veined mace head. Serpentine? B.
6080	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frog. Black steatite. Chipped at rear.
6085	35-1-610	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, swan, minor god, votary, swan and scorpion. About BC 2400. E.
6086	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject? Contest of men and animals. About BC 2400. B.
6090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Presentation to seated god probably Shamash. Worshipper introduced by seated goddess wearing horned attire and long pleated robe covering one shoulder and leaving other bare. Worshipper has fringed shawl. Attributes: ? Libra ? Inscription: Ilu-Shamash. c. 1st Babylonian Dynasty.B.
6091	(none)	(none)	B16311	Cylinder seal. Black basalt. Nannar, minor god and votary. E.
6104	(none)	(none)	B16367	Phallic bead. Drab pebble. E. [drawing 1:1]
6105	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Minor god introducing votary carrying gazelle as gift to major god who holds a wand in his left hand. Inscription: dNin-suh sukkal-zid-anna gispa-azag su-du. To Nin-Suh. the pure messenger of heaven carrying the bright scepter. B
6106	(none)	(none)	B16296, B16296	Cylinder seal. White frit. Unpierced. Inscribed: Lugal-nu-zu aon of E-te-nin-ka ilSin. E.
6109	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lion's muzzle. Drab stone. Fragment. B. [drawing 1:1]
6113	(none)	(none)	B16224	Round stone lid. Green. Chipped. E. [drawing]
6122	(none)	(none)	B16282	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at one end, subject mostly obliterated.
6130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Incompletely pierced. Spread eagle siezing two lions. B.
6132	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipping tree of life? B.
6133	(none)	(none)	B16294	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Upper and lower band showing gazelles passing sacred tree. About 3000 BC. E.
6134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Upper band, nine men, below animals and sacred tree. Bulls. Lion. Eagle. About BC 3000, B
6136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, minor god, grotesque figure and votary and Nergal weapon. B.
6140	(none)	(none)	(none)	Case. Fragment. Steatite. Blue. Engraved scorpion decorates the side. Card received from Mallowan, 1976. TE Reach.
6144	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight. Possibly for loom or rope making U.6144. Stone. Drab. Oblong shape and holes pierced at one end. E. Type II? [drawing]
6146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight. Black hematite. Type?
6156	(none)	(none)	B16211, B16211	White alabaster bowl fragment. Incribed round belly. Part of ring base and belly alone remaining. Hole in in side close to ring base. Not required for Vols. IV, V, VI, VII. E.
6160	(none)	(none)	B16286, B16286	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Not fully paved. Lion attacked by two men 2 lines of defaced inscription. About BC 2100. Required for Vol. VII written.
6165	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at bottom. Minor god, votary and inscription. Worshipper led by hand unto a standing armed (?) god- crescent. Du-( ) son of Sag-da( ). About BC 2300. B.
6178A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)