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)
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]
198	(none)	1923,1110.19	(none)	Limestone mace-head. Fr. of Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication to the god Mastamtaeea for the life of [Crossed out: Bur Sin II(?) of Isin] Ibi-Sin, last king of the Third Dynasty. greatest dimensions [Annotated] Copied + transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1.
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.
208	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mace head. White marble. Complete, but top moulding and one side chipped, and part of inscription missing. [Annotated] Dedication of mace head to Nannar bu Ur-Engur for his life. (1) Nannar. (2) lugal-a-ui. (3) Ur-Engur. (4) mtah-kal-gu. (5) lugal Uri-ki-ma. (6) lugal Ki-en-gi ki-uri ge. (7) (uam ti) - la-ui-su. (8) (um) - na-du. [Annotated] Baghdad
210	(none)	1923,1110.43	(none)	Stone bowl Fragment. (joined up from 2) of a bowl of fine-grained black stone: on the outside carved in low relief, long-horned oxen: of one the whole body and one horn remaining, head missing: of the other, only a fragment of the hind-quarters: the tail of the second animal is short and curled and it may well be other than an ox.
218	(none)	1923,1110.185	(none)	Beads. 5 white glass (opaque) ball beads with narrow bands of light yellow: one similar drop pendant: 8 small barrel beads of red pebble (??)
219	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Dark green-grey steatite. Fragment. Face flat, inscribed: the central part of the text has been destroyed by hammering. The back is rounded and plain: it also shows hammer marks. [Annotated] Records the name of certain objects dedicated. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
220	(none)	1923,1110.38	(none)	Tablet. Dark steatite. Fragment only Inscribed on both sides. [Annotated] Probably concerns the building of E-temen-ni-il. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1.
222	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet of Dark steatite. Complete. Inscription on face with text in 7 registers and on back with one line. [Annotated] Dedication of a temple by Dungi to Min-Sak. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
223	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet of dark steatite. Broken across. Inscribed on both flat face and rounded back: on the face 8 1/2 lines of broken text remain, on the back 7 and a small bit. [Annotated] Dedication to Adad by Rim-Sin. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad.
224	(none)	(none)	(none)	Dark Steatite vase. fr. of rim. On the outside, carved in relief in very fine and free style: a male figure kneeling on l knee, body l, face front, holds up 2 vases of water each vase being grasped round the neck by the hand of other figures (mostly missing) in similar positions.
230	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Upper part of = White marble (?) burnt to the consistency of French chalk. Remains of rather fine engraving of 3rd Dynasty style.
231	(none)	1923,1110.41	(none)	Stone vase. 4 fragments (of which 2 fit together) of a straight-sided bowl of dark steatite. On the outside, mythological scenes carved in relief - two-headed monster holding the horns of an ibex: another figure fighting serpentine beast: a lion: scorpions: fish, etc. On the inside, inscription. [Annotated] Drawing only [Annotated] Reg. Ins. 9
232	(none)	1923,1110.17	(none)	Stone vase. 3 fragments (2 of which joined together) of limestone bowl. On the outside, carved in relief, a seated goddess with 2 children and a standing god, and 5 figures of adorants. Also an inscription. [annotated] Drawn: see photo.
235A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Stone plumb-bobs . two are pierced transversely. two from the top to the side.