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)
8218	(none)	1928,1009.516	(none)	Stone bowl of translucent whtie calcite? or quartzite found broken and mended. Type LXVII.
8220	(none)	1928,1009.518	(none)	Stone bowl. Whtie limestone. Type XIX.
8223	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. White limestone. Only the stem left, and that not perfect. Scratched design of palm leaves(?) [drawing]
8225	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XXV.
8228	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Gilgamesh between 2 lions and Eabani with a bull.
8229	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Gold double conoids; lapis and carnelian (lapis double conoids, carnelian mostly rings and 1 big faceted lapis lentoid).
8237	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type _.
8238	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type __
8239	(none)	1928,1009.420	(none)	Stone vase. White limestone. The sides vertically fluted. Type LXXII. Photo 841
8240	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Well polished. Type LIX.
8242	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Fine quality white limestone. Type LXXV.
8243	(none)	1928,1009.493	(none)	Stone bowl. One end flat, sides starting parallel and then converging in a curve to a lip spout. [drawing] Perhaps a copy of a wooden original. Type LXXVII
8249	(none)	1928,1009.425	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. The outer face much decayed. Broken and imperfect. Type LX
8250	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Mixed lapis and shell, 29 in all, 28 found together in a basket, 1 biggish lapis ribbed ball formed apart and possibly belonging to the copper pin U.8248.
8252	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Limestone. White. Part of rim missing. Stone type LXVIII
8255	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. Flat, lentoid in section. Rounded top, flat base. Perforated top - through hole and fragment of copper wire probably originally suspended from the belt of the owner. [drawing ]1/2
8257	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Limestone. White. 2 lug handles below rim on either side of vase (4 in all). [drawing] Stone type LXXXII, variant double instead of single lugs.
8264	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 40 blue glazed ring beads. 1 lentoid carnelian. 1 double conoid gold bead. 1 rock crystal ring bead.
8265	(none)	1928,1009.498	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. White. Semi-translucent. Part of rim missing. Stone type LXXVI.
8266	(none)	(none)	(none)	3 beads. 2 carnelian double conoids. 1 _.
8267	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 49 in all - double conoid lapis and carnelian, 1 small silver ball bead, and a number of minute carnelian ring beads. Also 2 gold double conoids.
8273	(none)	1928,1009.426	(none)	Bowl. Limestone. Indented rim. Stone type LX.
8274A	(none)	1928,1009.90	(none)	[A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings .
8275	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Calcite. White. Stone type LXXVIII.
8276	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering table. Limestone. White. Broken and fragmentary. Made in 2 pieces, a flat plate and a foot fastened together with bitumen. cf. U.8217 similar type.