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)
6999	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tortoise. Miniature. 2 legs missing and broken at back. Black steatite. Criss cross markings.
7000	(none)	(none)	B16309	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two heroes - (like Gilgamesh) 2 posts (supports for emblems)
7002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of beads. Small paste and carnelian also bronze fragments.
7020	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed: Illegible. Gilgamesh and Enkidu attacking rampant lion; former grasps lion by tail from behind, the other stabs it with sword from in front. About BC 2100. text: E-Hursag(12). B.
7021	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed: Gilgamesh and Enkidu attacking rampant lion. One pulls the lion by the tail from behind, the other stabs with the sword in front. Scorpion. Inscription: Lud Nin-shubur. About BC 2100. Text: E-hursag(12). B.
7027	(none)	(none)	B16301	Seal. White steatite. Round. Hole perforated horizontally through hemispherical sides. Flat on one side, hemispherical on the other. Hemispherical side has 3 grooves 0002 wide in all bisecting it and concentric circles decoration, 4 in all, 2 on either side of the bisecting line. On flat side in middle enthroned Nannar both hands supporting a post with a crescent moon which is also supported by a bull-man. Behind the throne a similar bull-man also supporting a crescent moon on a post, and below the throne a bull with high horns, crescent shaped. Bull-men (Eabani) are ithyphallic. Hair on legs of Eabani. E. Before 3000 BC.
7028	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of crystals for inlay. About 25 in number. U shaped with apex over incurved side. E. [drawing 1:1]
7037	(none)	(none)	B16381	Necklace. Carnelian beads 23 in all.
7046	(none)	(none)	B16305	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Scene of worship. Votary introduced by minor god to Nannar. Attributes. Seated dog with crooked stick of Martu on his head. Libra and Ampulla. 1st Babylonian dynasty About 2000 BC
7066	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Oblong flat one side, convex the other, ends just wide enough fro usual seal hole. Greenish jadeite, on flat side 5 birds. Before 3000BC. B.
7070	(none)	(none)	B16222	Vase. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Type. Ur.
7072	(none)	(none)	B16348	Stone fragment in relief. Possibly vase decoration - concave on inside. Battle scene. Head of supine bearded male wearing close fitting cap lies horizontally against the back of a standing male who wears flounced kaukanes skirt and has bare feet. Head of first figure and lower portion of skirt, and feet of second alone remain. [drawing 1:1]
7076A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Loom weight. White stone. Pierced. Hollow base. Cone shaped, rounded top. Type IV. E.
7099	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Containing cylinder seal of carnelian. Inscribed. Cylinder seal; lapis lazuli plain. 65 carnelian beads. On carnelian cylinder seal. Worship of a standing god by votary led by the hand. Standing god holds club? Introducing goddess may be Dim-tab-ba. Inscribed: Dim-tab-ba. Cf. U.7097, U.7098 and U.7100-U.7106.
7117	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Blue grey. Scene of worship. Introduction of votary to Marduk? who hold a lance. Attributes: lance. 1st Bab. Dyn. B.
7119	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Unpierced: Babaa damkar, son of Buzua. IIIrd Dyn. of Larsa. B.
7121	(none)	(none)	B16289	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm branch between 2 worshippers, who hold hand upraised. Attributes: Crescent moon, Rampant Lion. 2400 BC. E.
7122	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. 2 worshippers and palm branch rising out of vase. Inscribed. 2300 BC. B.
7126	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Crystal. Grey. Linear markings. B.
7129	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 registers. Spread eagle, vase with palm branch and worshippers on either side. Before 3000 BC. E.
7130	(none)	(none)	B16390	Necklace. 15 gold filigree and carnelian beads. Arbitrarily re-strung. E.
7131	(none)	(none)	(none)	64 carnelian, agate and paste beads. Arbitrarily restrung.
7144A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Human head, pinkish limestone. Carved in the round: the head clean shaven, the features markedly indivdual. in B U.7144 is R.1.265 [in different hand]
7145	(none)	(none)	B16226	Stone bowl. Fragment of Dark steatite. On the outside, a row of scorpions carved in low relief.
7503	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White calcite. Minor deity greeting major deity? Inscribed: Isib ^dNin-Subur (=Priest of Ninsubur, or nom. prop.) SAL-Ku-a [crossed out] Nin-a ba-ku(?)-ma(?)-ti