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.
Objects: Stones and Minerals Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dish Limestone White Broken & mended Stone type XCIV |
| 9239 | (none) | (none) | B17246 | Offering table Limestone White Made in 2 pieces Part of table missing | |
| 9242 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Hero wearing a tiara, and a second bearded hero standing between a bearded bull and a lion on the one side and a gazelle and a lion on the other |
| 9244 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads 8 lapis double conoids 3 lapis bugles 2 carnelian bugles 2 banded sard bugles 1 gold double conoid |
| 9245 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Basic Diorite? Stone type XXI. (New 19) |
| 9249 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Dark grey In many fragments - complete?? Type? Probably like type LXII. |
| 9250 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite White Badly broken, but virtually complete. Type? |
| 9252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Donkey's ear? Lapis lazuli Spoon shaped with a rounded socket which must originally have been fitted to the statue of which the lapis ear was a part. Back of the ear is convex with a ridge running vertically down the middle. At the socket end of the ear in the middle, a shallow circular cavity 0004 in diameter. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9253 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 60-70 lapis lazuli beads - double conoids. |
| 9262 | (none) | (none) | B16860 | Cylinder seal Steatite Green. Slightly concave. A god standing between two portals, the left foot raised and resting upon the mountain top, the right foot rigid- as if in the attitude of ascending? His left hand is upraised and in it he holds a feather whisk?? His head is turned backward in contemplation of a minute human figure crouching in the attitude of subjection. The god's right hand is extended immediately above the head of the victim that he has crushed. Oblique to the go are three concentric wavy lines above the right shoulder - possibly representing lightening? The god wears a horned headdress. A second god also wearing a horned headdress, long hair falling below the shoulders and ending in a knot? and a skirt descending to the feet, approaches one of the portals and touches it with hands as if about to open it. | |
| 9263 | (none) | (none) | B16855 | Cylinder seal Steatite Black Geometric decoration | |
| 9264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Steatite Black A pair of spread wings and feathered decoration running round the seal forming 2 hyperboles the one above the other, below the central horizontal axis of the seal. |
| 9266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Limestone White Subject not clear. A seated god, a squatting lion, vertical posts, a god behind the bards of a gate? And a second standing god. |
| 9279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Lapis and silver, with 1 carnelian. Shape [refers to drawing] [drawing] |
| 9280 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Very small lapis and gold balls |
| 9283 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Black steatite Men fighting bull & lion an inscription has been intentionally erased |
| 9291 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Haematite Gilgamesh & Eabani, & tree |
| 9292 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Black haematite Introduction scene with 1 - seated and 3 - standing figures. A column of inscription has been intentionally effaced |
| 9298 | (none) | (none) | B17012 | Cylinder seal Green stone Gilgamesh and Eabani | |
| 9309 | (none) | (none) | B17006 | Beads Gold, plain and fluted balls, carnelian and lapis balls, a crescent amulet of agate capped with gold, and a long gold bead | |
| 9310 | (none) | (none) | B17009 | Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba | |
| 9311 | (none) | (none) | B17181 | Vase White Calcite Type III | |
| 9315 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis 2 registers: Above, 2 seated and 3 standing figures, and inscription. Below, a table of offerings and 6 people bringing offerings. Very archaic style. |
| 9318 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase White calcite Piece missing from rim TYPE LXI |
| 9320 | (none) | (none) | B16972 | Inlay(?) Lapis A square with 5 dots of white inset |
Related Terms
Clay - Glass and Related Material - Metal - Mortars, Grouts, and Plasters
Share
Email | Edit | Build Search
Parent Terms
Inorganic Remains > Stones and Minerals