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)
8484	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Octagonal Perforated top
8490	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grindstone Roughly triangular with rounded edges. Slight hollow at one end. [drawing] 1:1
8491	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Perforated top [drawing] 1:1
8492	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl Limestone White Indented rim - small portion of rim missing Stone type LX
8495	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace Consisting of 8 gold foil ribbed triangles each perforated six times being spacers for a six stringed necklace 133 lapis lazuli double conoids 6 lapis spacers triangular and ribbed, to hold 3 strings, perforated 3 times. The beads were confused and it was difficult to be certain of the original order but the triangular gold spacers were arranged thus: [drawing] Top tier base downwards. Bottom tier base upwards. All the lapis beads were confused, but the big were grouped together and the small were grouped together.
8497	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads Worn over a silver diadem round the forehead. String consists of minute lapis ball beads and of oblong rectangular gold and lapis spacers. Gold and lapis spacers strung alternately with lapis and carnelian beads placed alternately between each spacer. Carnelian beads all minute ring beads. The silver diadem was entirely broken and destroyed. 6 gold spacers; 6 lapis lazuli spacers.
8498	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase Calcite White, translucent Stone type LVIII
8499A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 cockle shells. [A] One containing black, [B] the other containing dark green paint.
8499B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 cockle shells. [A] One containing black, [B] the other containing dark green paint.
8500	(none)	(none)	(none)	Female head. Fragment. Back half of head alone remains. White limestone. Thick bandeau runs round head. cf. white marble head of goddess found in EH 1925-26 season. (see U.6782) Date c. 2400 BC?
8504	(none)	1928,1009.422	(none)	Stone vase White calcite Type LXXI
8509A	(none)	1928,1009.380 a	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8511	(none)	1928,1009.437	(none)	Whetstone Grey stone Section rectangular with bevelled corners: hole at end for suspension.
8514A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Cockle shells. Two pairs containing paint (green).
8517	(none)	1928,1009.506	(none)	Stone vase White limestone Cracked and the surface all decayed. Type LXXXVIII
8520	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase White calcite Type LXXVI
8521	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase White calcite rim chipped Type I
8525	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads A string composed of 5 carnelian and 4 gold long double conoid beads L. 0052 and one flattened ovoid carnelian: and between these small fluted balls of gold and lapis: see field notes.
8526	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Gold and lapis lazuli. Double conoids. Probably 2 strings confused. See field notes.
8527	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads 16 gold spacer triangles formed of 2 minute beads with between them minute ring beads of lapis lazuli and carnelian [drawing] 1:1
8528	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 15 gold ring spacers thus [drawing] 1:1 with between them small lapis and carnelian beads: for order see field notes.
8529	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Lapis Anciently broken in half and the end ground down smooth. Scene: the lower parts only of 3 seated figures.
8533	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl White limestone Oval with spout (Broken) and in bad condition Type XCVII
8534	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Type VIII.
8538	(none)	1928,1009.406	(none)	Shell. Cut to form an open spouted bowl or ladle. Above the opening is a crude carving of a bird's head, the eye inlaid with lapis lazuli.