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.
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) |
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![]() | 6904 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Jade: transluscent. Green. Inscribed: 2 gazelles rampant and crossed attached on either side by 2 men. B. |
![]() | 6906 | (none) | (none) | B16363 | Frog bead. Black steatite. E. |
![]() | 6908 | (none) | (none) | B16280 | Carved diorite. Blue. Fragment. Part of statue of human being or possibly ram. Fine parallel wavy lines may represent pleated garment of a human being and ram's skin. But undulating surface and series of ridges make it more probably that it was part of a statue of a man or woman: possibly the hair from a large head. 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. |
6917 | (none) | (none) | B16225 | Bowl. Stone. Black. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Ur. | |
![]() | 6918 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Carnelian. Fragmentary. Scene of worship. Goddess leading votary by the hand. |
![]() | 6919 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carnelian beads. Collection of 22. Some broken. E. |
![]() | 6926 | (none) | (none) | B16350 | Bull pendant. Mottled greenish marble. Flat base. E. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 6931 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature bowl. Steatite. Blue-grey. Ur. |
![]() | 6933 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. Greenish grey. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Omit. |
![]() | 6934 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Introduction of votary by minor goddess to seated nannar. Attribute: crescent moon scorpion. Ur dNannar. Servant of Shamesh. B. IIIrd Ur Dynasty 2300BC. |
![]() | 6935 | (none) | 1927,0527.207 | (none) | Seal. Black steatite. Cut on flat base. Pyramid shaped. Rough work. Chair? Scorpion above or animal? Before 3000BC. E. [drawing] |
6936 | (none) | (none) | B16351 | Puzuzu head. Black steatite. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
![]() | 6937 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Poor condition. Inscribed. Introductory scene. Votary introduced by minor god to Nannar. En-da-[ ]; gis-du-[ ]. B. |
![]() | 6942 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster statue. Fragment. On one side a cylindrical fragment in relief upon it incised vertical lines with oval shaped grooves at equidistant intervals on the lines. Bottom of cylindrical fragment consists of two raised bands which look like the flounced tiers of a kaukanes skirt. Next to it against the long side another cylindrical bu undulating fragment decorated with wavy lines and one spiral which abuts on the side of the first cylindrical fragment, surface of which is 15mm than surface of fragment adjoining. text: E-Hursag(11). B. |
![]() | 6944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. Limestone. Grey. B. [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 6946 | (none) | 1927,0527.58 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Veined, white and yellow. Broken and fragmentary. Type. |
![]() | 6954 | (none) | 1927,0527.25 | (none) | Duck weight. Badly damaged. "To Ningal, his lady, dShulgi the mighty man, king of Ur, king of the four regions of the world---" (? Material) E. Type VI. H.C. |
![]() | 6956 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black and white Porphyry Vase Time of Gudea?? Inscription incomplete. [King of] Sumer and Akkad for his life, has presented - The king whoever who shall [destroy] this inscription? B. H.C. |
![]() | 6965.1 | (none) | 1927,0527.7 | (none) | [.1-.18] Black stone prism (5 or 6 gonal) Bilingual text. Probably Hammurapi. Large fragments. H.C. E. |
![]() | 6967 | (none) | (none) | B16209 | Fragment. Soapstone. Bowl incised. Inscribed E den( ), mighty king, king of Ur, king ( ). E. |
![]() | 6968B | (none) | (none) | B16219 | (A) Copper statuette the basket carrier. Dungi's time. Text: Dim-tab-ta Temple(2) [drawing] (B) Uninscribed diorite tablet. Dungi's time. Text: Dim-tab-ta Temple(2) [drawing] |
![]() | 6969 | (none) | 1927,0527.176 | (none) | Unpierced white limestone Cylinder seal. Inscrip: Rima-at-gir-ra son of Iliturri. |
![]() | 6970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bur-Sin Stelae. Inscribed: to Nin-Gal (same as on door-socket) |
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