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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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
7548 (none) 1928,1009.53 (none) Cylinder seal. Marble. White. Incised lines decoration and 4 minute circles [drawing of design]
8244 (none) 1928,1009.526 (none) Inscribed Ostrich Egg. Ostrich Egg all broken, it had been excavated with mother of pearl, lapis, and lumanae or red-paste for order etc. see field notes.
8763 (none) 1928,1009.523 (none) Vase. Stone. Steatite. Dark green. Stone type XC.
9269 (none) 1928,1009.522 (none) Steatite bowl Broken & portion of rim missing Type LXII
7939 (none) 1928,1009.521 (none) Stone vase. Diorite. Blue. Stone type LIX.
8697 (none) 1928,1009.520 (none) Stone bowl. Green steatite. Type LXVI.
7597 (none) 1928,1009.52 (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed but obliterated. On left and right 2 naked attendants: between standing figure of (Nannar?) clothed in flounced kaunakes skirt and holding outstretched hand to a small naked figure. Attributes: crescent moon.
8063 (none) 1928,1009.519 (none) Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Finely polished. Type LXII.
8220 (none) 1928,1009.518 (none) Stone bowl. Whtie limestone. Type XIX.
7647 (none) 1928,1009.517 (none) Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type X stone.
8218 (none) 1928,1009.516 (none) Stone bowl of translucent whtie calcite? or quartzite found broken and mended. Type LXVII.
8780 (none) 1928,1009.515 (none) Bowl. Calcite. White. Broken and mended. Small portion of rim missing. Stone type LX.
8319 (none) 1928,1009.514 (none) Stone bowl. White limestone, plain. Type XXIII.
8296 (none) 1928,1009.513 (none) Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XLIII.
8608 (none) 1928,1009.512 (none) Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LXXV.
7646 (none) 1928,1009.511 (none) Stone vase. Limestone. White. Slightly indented rim. Blackened by fire. Type LXIII stone.
7937 (none) 1928,1009.510 (none) Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Veined. Broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type LVIII.
9148 (none) 1928,1009.509 (none) Vase White calcite Spill vase. Type LXXXVI.
8331 (none) 1928,1009.508 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXI stone. Photo 840
8216 (none) 1928,1009.507 (none) Stone bowl of strongly veined calcite. Type LXXI.
8517 (none) 1928,1009.506 (none) Stone vase White limestone Cracked and the surface all decayed. Type LXXXVIII
8948 (none) 1928,1009.505 (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type XXXVII.
8941 (none) 1928,1009.504 (none) Stone vase. Type XCIX.
8215 (none) 1928,1009.503 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LVII.
8939 (none) 1928,1009.502 (none) Stone vase. White Calcite Type XXXIX.

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