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)
1189	(none)	(none)	(none)	Black steatite cylinder seal with rather careless design of the "introduction" scene, the god facing right, with crescent before him.
1190	(none)	(none)	(none)	Portion of a large black diorite duck-weight, originally of 30 minas. Much broken, both on the head and across the middle. On one side of the neck, a crescent moon in low relief, on other side, part of an inscription dedicating the object for the life of a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur: the name is now missing. R.1. No. 84.
1191	(none)	1924,0920.22	(none)	Large black diorite gate-socket, dedicated in the cult-temple of GIMIL-SIN, king of Ur (3rd Dynasty), by a certain Lugal-magu-rri, patesi of Ur. The inscription of 16 lines is engraved on the upper surface partly surrounding the socket hole.
1201	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone duck weight. Light red stone, (small) with scorpion engraved on under side. Type VI. [drawing 1:1]
1202	(none)	1924,0920.52	(none)	Haematite boar's head. (small : side broken away.) [drawing 1:1]
1208	(none)	(none)	(none)	Massive brick diorite gate-socket, with 8 lines, inscription of Kurigalzu.
1223	(none)	(none)	(none)	Black steatite cylinder seal with device god facing right separated from worshipper and an introducing god by figures of a sitting dog (left) and scorpion (right). Over the god's raised left hand is the crescent. Inscribed: d.Sanas S.a-a
1225	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal in black stone. Device appears in 2 registers, but so weathered as to be indistinguishable.
1226	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small button stamp-seal of lapis lazuli with uncertain device. [drawing]
1261	(none)	(none)	(none)	Light grey stone cylinder-seal, with "introduction" scene: the god sits facing right and has the crescent moon before him. Inscribed: -Puzur-d A(dad) amal KU(?)?
1264	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from edge of a bowl in a black porous stone, with remains of an archaic inscription under lip.
1284	(none)	1924,0920.50	(none)	Stone Janus-head. Red stone. Beardless, flat-featured face, (pierced vertically for suspension) [drawing 1:1]
1327	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from head of a large black diorite statue of a king of the 3rd Dyn (?) of Ur. Remains of an inscriptoin appear above the hair over the left forehead.
1356	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of black diorite, with traces of an inscription, probably of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur.
1357	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket of Ur-Nammu, with inscription duplicate of the bricks from the Ziggurat. SAKI p.186a.
1358	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint implement. Spoon-shaped, the haft broken off. [drawing 1:1]
1396B	(none)	1924,0920.48	(none)	Beads. 3 strings made up from single horde: viz: A. 53 large beads. B. Many small beads and beads like miniature implements. C. Mainly small beads.
1402	(none)	1924,0920.408	(none)	Pin head(?) Lapis lazuli and gold, much incrusted with salt, etc.
1408	(none)	1924,0920.49	(none)	Mask. Black stone. Small grotesque head; pierced for suspension.
1410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1411	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black marble (?) Eagle with outspread wings clutching the backs of 2 rampant ibexes which turn their heads backward. Between the heads of the 2 creatures is a palm-tree or symbol. No inscription.
1412	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Bluish-black marble. Introduction to a god, seated right, with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription left blank..
1414	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Introduction to a god seated right with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription blank.
1415	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion which leaps between them, facing right. No inscription.
1416	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Small. With indistinct device of a human figure, striding right, followed by two others with hands clasped and upheld. No inscription.