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)
6838	(none)	(none)	(none)	Palette? Black stone. Sides rectangular, rounded ends. E.
6839	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone cover. Black With carinated ridge and decoration of concentric circles. [drawing 1:2]
6840	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of beads. Paste, lapis lazuli, agate and one crystal 70 in number, all small.
6842	(none)	1927,0527.183	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. White. 2 rampant lions - one side re-cut. E.
6852	(none)	1927,0527.186	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Conical at either end. Inscribed. Scene of worship. Worshipper being introduced to seated god by minion god. E.
6853	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Unpierced. Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion. About 2600 BC. B.
6857	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone head. Grey. Fragment. Part of hair and upper portion of face down to nose alone remains. Female head with fine wavy air and double chignon. Lose forehead, beaded line running round it just above eyebrows representing fringe of hair which protrudes below the chignon. Eyebrows carefully rendered by feathered line; prominent and strongly defined eyelids with protruding eyeballs. Carefully modelling of face and nose bottom of which is lost. B.
6859	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Introductory scene. Female being introduced to seated seated goddess. Spread eagle and goose. B.
6862	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tool. Stone. Triangular shaped and convex with flat sides and cutting edge. Cf. U.6560.
6865	(none)	1927,0527.198	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black. [steatite crossed out]. Two figures with unpierced arm standing on either side of sacred palm with dates rising out of water pot. About 2300 BC.
6866	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Black steatite. In form of rectangular block with cylindrical handle on flat side - scorpion. B
6867	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Introductory scene. Minor god with horned headdress introduces votary to seated god. About 2300 BC. B.
6870A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tool? Black steatite. Fragmentary. One handle lost. Semi-circular and slightly convex with two handles, one on either side of base turning into concave face. [drawing 1:1]
6873	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frog. White limestone. Common type. B.
6876	(none)	1927,0527.199	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion. Inscription: Son of Ur-Ba? About 2300 BC.
6880	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Stone. Black? Fragment. Type XLVI. =RC.36. III pl.XCIX Type 5.
6881	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and Enkidu attacking rampant lion. About 1400 BC. B.
6882	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature statuette. Black steatite. Grotesque nude male figure standing on round pedastal. Sagging knees, exaggerated back, and protruding belly, large flat feet: left arm bent at elbow and held close to waist. Right arm, forearm bent upward. Head resembles Puzuzu type, round flat close fitting hat. B. [drawing 1:1]
6883	(none)	(none)	(none)	Puzuzu. Head of black steatite. B. [drawing 1:1]
6887	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Stone. Green loose-grained stone. Basic diorite? Type ?RC.36. RC.196. ?draw. Perhaps like this [reference to drawing] [illegible] slightly flattened base. B. [drawing]
6893B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Stone. Black. Burnt. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Ur.
6894	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Scene of worship.
6904	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Jade: transluscent. Green. Inscribed: 2 gazelles rampant and crossed attached on either side by 2 men. B.
6910	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Transluscent stone. Orange. Fragmentary. Hemispherical on one side, flat on the other. Scorpion. B. [drawing]
6911	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head. Diorite. Blue-grey. Fragment. Part of nose and right cheek alone remain. Careful modeling: rounded cheeks, prominent nose and lips with distinct cavities in corners, chin fragmentary but apparently perforated at back by single hole which runs down vertically.