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)
269	(none)	(none)	B14944, B14944	Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed with the name and titles of Dungi.
270	(none)	(none)	B14940, B14940	Stone fragment of dish. Beginning of last two lines of a dedication. Joined to U.249. Placed in IN/No. 1
271	(none)	(none)	B14941, B14941	Fragment of stone dish. Dedication by a priest of Nannar, "thy son"
275	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of alabaster bowl. Inscribed in rude manner. Placed in IN/No 1.
276	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of alabaster jar. Fragment of one sign remains. Placed in IN/No. 1.
277	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone fragment. Only traces of an inscription remain. Placed in IN/No. 1.
278	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone fragment of vase or jar. Fragment of one sign. Placed in IN/No. 1.
279	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster fragment of bowl. Beginning of second line of royal inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1.
282	(none)	(none)	B14951	Fragment of stone vase. On side, decoration of concentric circles. On base, inscription, "(Na)ram-S(in)"
283	(none)	(none)	B14952, B14952	Fragment of stone vase. One side, decoration of concentric circles. On base ends of lines of a column of inscription.
284	(none)	(none)	B14937, B14937	Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1.
287	(none)	(none)	B14946, B14946	Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed with a dedication to Nin-arag-nun-na (probably Ningal). Placed in IN/No 1.
288	(none)	(none)	B14945, B14945	Fragment of Alabaster jar. End of first 3 lines of a dedication to Nannar. Placed in IN/No. 1.
289	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of black stone vase. Last sign of last line of a dedication. Placed in IN/No. 1.
293	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket. Limestone. Inscription of Kurigalza, badly damaged. Copied.
294	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gate socket. Inscription of Ur-Engur. Illegible
302	(none)	(none)	B14956	Steatite box-lid. fr. of; Circular: the top carved with a rosette of which the petals were originally inlaid; two holes are pierced through the lid from side to side for strings. [Drawing 1:1}
304	(none)	(none)	(none)	Limestone relief. Fragment of, In bad condition. Subject: a man kneeling rt and castrating a bull (?): the bull much damaged: to l. part of a fowl (?) on a large scale. Probably Chaldaean period.
305	(none)	(none)	B15326	Limestone relief. Fragment of Showing a wall against which the top of the scaling ladder, and above the feet of a man: part of a siege subject. Found with U. 304
309	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fr of statuette. Base and feet only preserved. Steatite, dark There are holes pierced horizontally through the base as if to attach it to something
310	(none)	(none)	(none)	Agate bowl. Intact. Lathe-turned, the center lathe-hole filled up with a strong peg. Plain rib moulding on outside. Very beautiful stone.
368A	(none)	(none)	B14964	[A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad)
368B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Stone Mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: A god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing single horn Above, two crescents. B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad)
404	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bead. Half of. in black obsidian. Globular, the surface inscribed reads "(Ur-En)gur.... King of Ur."
405	(none)	(none)	B14953	Stone vase-lid. Light steatite. Circular. Knob handle broken: round the top a band of dotted concentric circles.[drawing]