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.

Objects: Stones and Minerals Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
7976	(none)	1928,1009.119	(none)	Ball bead of black steatite.
8089B	(none)	1928,1009.112	(none)	[A-B] Beads. Lapis lazuli (poor quality of stone). Large faceted lentoids. [drawing 1:1]
8089A	(none)	1928,1009.111	(none)	[A-B] Beads. Lapis lazuli (poor quality of stone). Large faceted lentoids. [drawing 1:1]
8110B	(none)	1928,1009.110	(none)	2 lapis lazuli beads. Large double conoids, facetted. [drawing 1:1] A & B
8110A	(none)	1928,1009.109	(none)	[A-B] 2 lapis lazuli beads. Large double conoids, facetted. [drawing 1:1]
7963	(none)	1928,1009.103	(none)	Beads. Mostly small ball beads of gold (thin leaf over copper), lapis, and a few carnelian (some rings). Apparently forming a single necklace, or two of the same pattern; one gold bead to every 1 or 2 stone according to size. Most of the gold beads were destroyed through the decay and swelling of the copper cores. One string containing the best gold beads made up for exhibition.
7818B	(none)	1928,1009.1	(none)	[A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40
7529	(none)	1928,0109.15	(none)	Cylinder seal. White marble. Two heroes attacking rampant lion. One grasps lion by tail. Palm tree rising from pot? Linear figures.
3178	(none)	1927,1003.83	(none)	Polished malachite (?) fragment, transfixed with bronze pin, turned into an eye at one end. [drawing 9:10]
3114	(none)	1927,1003.82	(none)	Plumb-bob. White limestone. [drawing 1:1]
3185	(none)	1927,1003.81	(none)	Stone plumb-bob. Drab limestone of poor quality. [drawing 1:1]
2501	(none)	1927,1003.8	(none)	Inscribed tablet. Brown limestone. Fragment. Incomplete Semitic text. Obverse: 7 lines. Reverse: weather worn. Ink-drawing. Neo-Babylonian.
2807	(none)	1927,1003.78	(none)	Fragment of polished vase. Black obsidian. [drawing 1:1]
3279	(none)	1927,1003.77	(none)	Fragment of stone vase. White obsidian finely polished.
3361	(none)	1927,1003.76	(none)	Statuette fragment. White stone with diamond patter in relief on border and fragment of foot of figure.
2561	(none)	1927,1003.74	(none)	Fragment of burnt alabaster jar with borings for colors of which blue and yellow still distinguishable. [drawing 1:1]
3181	(none)	1927,1003.73	(none)	Whetstone. Brown pebble, worn smooth, ends rounded.
2643	(none)	1927,1003.72	(none)	Stone seal. Flat seal, pierced for suspension: design obliterated. Roughly circular.
2828	(none)	1927,1003.71	(none)	Polished celt. Finely polished green stone: broken. [drawing 1:1]
3347	(none)	1927,1003.70	(none)	Polished celt. Gray stone: cutting edge slightly chipped. [drawing 1:1]
3244	(none)	1927,1003.7	(none)	Gudea Foundation Tablet. Soapstone. To dNindar, the priest king, his king, Gudea, patesi of Lagash has built his beloved house, E-lal-tum (House where honey is brought), his KI-AB-DI-KI H.C.
3198	(none)	1927,1003.69	(none)	Polished celt. Black stone with brown markings. [drawing 1:1]
3166	(none)	1927,1003.68	(none)	Polished celt. Blue stone. [drwaing 1:1]
3079	(none)	1927,1003.67	(none)	Polished celt. Of dark green stone. [drawing 1:1]
3360	(none)	1927,1003.66	(none)	Polished weight. Of green volcanic stone: sectional cut roughly oblong. Type V. [drawing 1:1]