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)
235A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Stone plumb-bobs . two are pierced transversely. two from the top to the side.
236	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Black, in dolerite (?). Type VI.
237	(none)	(none)	B14965	Alabaster Bull's head. Being the front part of a rectangular trough-shaped vase. The stone is in very bad condition and the head has been put together from fragments. The eyes were inlaid and the ears and horns attached. Fine spirited work.
239	(none)	(none)	B14968, B14968	Steatite vase. Fr of On the outside, a bull carved with the body in low relief, the head projecting in the round: behind, hind quarters of a second bull (there were presumably 4 on this vase). The body of the bull and the field of the vase are decorated with bone inlay, trefoils and dots, the moon, the sun and geometrical figures. Very fine work indeed. Underneath, on the base, remains of one side of a column of inscription.
240	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone duck weight. Type VI.
244	(none)	1923,1110.30	(none)	Limestone fragment. Inscribed by priest of Nannar named en-an-ni-pao-da. Duplicate U.245, U.237. [Annotated] Copied: placed in IN/No 1.
245	(none)	1923,1110.33	(none)	Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a duplicate text of U.244. [Annotated] Copied: Placed in IN/No. 1
246	(none)	(none)	B14939	Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a dedication by Ur-Engur. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1
247	(none)	1923,1110.14	(none)	Fragment of large alabaster mace head. Inscribed with a dedication to the moon-god, the oldest son of Enlil. Joined to U.250.
248	(none)	1923,1110.15	(none)	Fragment of Alabaster jar. Inscribed with a dedication to dNin-Kul [Crossed out] Contains curses on any who write their names on the object, in which Nin-sun and Lugal-banda are invoked. Dedication for (?) Dungi by a SAL-ME priestess. [Annotated] Part of same bowl as U.257. [Annotated] Joined to U.257 and U.260
249	(none)	(none)	B14940, B14938	Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a votive inscription probably a duplicate of that on the stone cone of Ur-Engur. Joined to U.270. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No 1.
250	(none)	1923,1110.14	(none)	Fragment of alabaser vase or mace head. Inscribed with a dedication recording the fact that it was dedicated in E-Gis-Sir-Gal. [Annotated] Joined to U.247.
251	(none)	1923,1110.20	(none)	Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by a king of the Akkad dynasty.
252	(none)	(none)	B14943, B14943	Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscribed. Dedicated by Ur-Engur. Placed in IN/No 1.
253	(none)	1923,1110.20	(none)	Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by Rimush of Agade. Placed in IN/No 1.
254	(none)	1923,1110.27	(none)	Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed. Dedicated to dDungi by his daughter ME-dEnlil. Copied and Translated. Placed in IN/No.1
255	(none)	1923,1110.23	(none)	Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed.
256	(none)	(none)	B14947, B14947	Stone fragment of vase. Inscribed with a dedication by a priest of Nannar. Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1.
257	(none)	1923,1110.15	(none)	Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed. Dedication by [crossed out] for (?) [annotated] Dungi. Part of same bowl as U.248. Joined to U.248 and 260. Copied and Transliterated Placed in IN/No. 1
258A	(none)	1923,1110.24	(none)	[A-B] Two alabaster jar fragments. Inscribed in a rude way with a primitive text. Placed in IN/No. 1.
258B	(none)	1923,1110.24	(none)	[A-B] Two alabaster jar fragments. Inscribed in a rude way with a primitive text. Placed in IN/No. 1.
259	(none)	(none)	B14935, B14935	Alabaster fragment of vase. Inscribed with a text mentioning the destruction of ninni-IB [Crossed out] Erin-Ki (i.e. Susa) and the dedication of the vase from the booty. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1.
260	(none)	1923,1110.15	(none)	Fragment of alabaster vase.Inscribed. Dedication by a SAL.ME priestess. Joined to U.248 and 257. Placed in IN/No. 1.
261	(none)	(none)	B14970	Fragment of alabaster vessel. Inscription "Votive offering for Nannar." Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1.
262	(none)	(none)	B14948, B14948	Fragment of stone bowl. Dedication to a god by Mu-da-da... Son of Sarrum-... on behalf of Ishme-Dagan. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1.