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)
6578	(none)	(none)	(none)	HEAD. STONE. - limestone, grey. Fragmentary. Traces of bitumen remain in the eye socket. Sumerian type, bald; rounded cheeks, heavy ears, well defined eye socket, eyeball protruding, bridge of nose heavy, distinct hollow running down from lower portion of nose to mouth following contour of cheek. Rounded chin. Right half of head missing, right eye, nose and mouth badly mutilated.
6579	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl, fragment. Black steatite. Ur.
6587	(none)	1927,0527.1	(none)	Fragment of Ur Nammu stela. Upper portion of frieze showing portion of crescent, upper part of headdress and 2 more crescents from left to right. Re-used in later period as door-socket. IIIrd Dynasty.
6590	(none)	1927,0527.177	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. Gilgamesh fighting the rampant bull; Eabani fight the rampant lion. Before BC 3000. E.
6591	(none)	1927,0527.196	(none)	Cylinder seal. Gray steatite. Inscribed. Lu-dingir-ra son of Lugal-dugga. Worshipper and standing god. About BC 2000.
6592	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Recut - illegible. B.
6593	(none)	1927,0527.191	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Introducing a worshipper to a standing god. About BC 2200.
6594	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipper and raised weapon. B.
6595A	(none)	1927,0527.193	(none)	Cylinder seal. White pottery. Rampant bull and tree of life. Crescent. About BC 700.
6605	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tool. Stone. Celt. Green. One sharp edge. Cf. U.6560. B.
6607	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone fragment. Pink engraved. Trial piece on conventional subjects. On one side above unfinished seated god, below seated god left hand extended and holding [reference to drawing] shaped object. At feet corn sheaf. On the other side unfinished standing figures. B.
6608	(none)	(none)	B16312	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Undulating line of mountains and (spread eagle ?) About BC 2800.
6612	(none)	(none)	B16665	Alabaster stela. Fragment: broken but complete. Lunar disk. Religious? Scene. Three figures only remain in relief on the left - shaven male figure, right arm extended, upper arm only remains. Lower part of body fragmentary. Figure is apparently in profile. Middle figure head lost: left arm mutilated and lower portion of dress lost: arms and apparently head in profile but body full face. Figure is clothed in flounced kaunakas skirt, 6 tiers of flounces showing. Dress covered upper arm but left forearm exposed. Left hand rests on chest, right arm held upright and hand lost. Behind, a clean shaven bald-headed male figure, 3/4 face, left arm held below breast; right arm bent at elbow and held upright carrying an object which may be a torch. Left hand holds a sword which runs diagonally across left side. Figure is apparently draped in a thin waist cloth, mutilated below waist. Typical Sumerian head. At back fragment of an inscription.
6613A	(none)	(none)	B16389	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
6614A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster statuette. Fragment with remains of pedestal. Kneeling bull in relief, sitting on right hind leg. Body bent slightly forward, traces of dewlap remains, head lost. B.
6614B	(none)	(none)	B16391	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
6625B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper stem with rounded top. [B] Shaft of stone mace head found with it? E.
6628	(none)	1927,0527.138	(none)	Head of Puzuzu. Fair example. Steatite. Gray. E. [drawing 1:1]
6630	(none)	(none)	B16293	Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Shamash rising from between two mountains, right hand on one mountain, top left hand supporting notched weapon. Two porters each opening gate, betweeen them high pedestal. 2500 BC? E.
6650	(none)	1927,0527.149	(none)	Frog bead. Marble? E. [drawing 1:1]
6651	(none)	1927,0527.66	(none)	Mortar. Diorite. Grey. Vol. VII. See fieldnote C7 for sketch.
6671	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Diorite? Black. Mottled. 3 lions rampant one upside down. B.
6673	(none)	(none)	(none)	Horn. Stone. Miniature. Black. Hair upon horn indicated by parallel wavy lines. E. lock [last word unclear] up ? Archaic. E. [drawing 1:1]
6676	(none)	1927,0527.307	(none)	Necklace. Agate and gold beads. 30 in number. Re-strung in original order.
6678A	(none)	(none)	(none)	3 Necklaces (A) Agate beads 45 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (B) Amethyst and gold beads 66 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (C) Carnelian beads 27 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B.