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)
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
295	(none)	1923,1110.3	(none)	Gate socket, Basalt. Inscription on smooth surface, with shoulder below. Records the building of A.A22AG.GA.NI GIG.KISAL[Above] by Bur-Sin I. Copied and transliterated.
296	(none)	1923,1110.26	(none)	Fragment of alabaster vase, rim. Inscription of Dungi, only titles. Placed in IN/No.1
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
307	(none)	1923,1110.50	(none)	Marble relief. Fr showing feathers or hair, possibly one side of a coiffure: certainly intended for inlay: hole in the back for fixing something (a face?) in the center.
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]
406	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase-lid. Fr of. The top surface cloisonne for inlay with central rosette and liver pattern round edge. [drawing 1:1]
411	(none)	(none)	(none)	Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1]
415	(none)	(none)	(none)	Rock crystal cylinder seal. Fragment of. Subject: Gilgamesh and the lions: 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy work.
416	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Perfectly plain: rim chipped. Otherwise complete. Part of a foundation deposit (?) Type
420	(none)	(none)	B15324, B15324	Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU.
421	(none)	(none)	(none)	Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU.
422	(none)	(none)	B15323	Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR.
423	(none)	(none)	(none)	Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR.
424	(none)	(none)	(none)	Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. The stone had been cut down and re-used between the Nebuchadnezzar and the Persian periods: its connection with the door was not certain.
439	(none)	(none)	B14934	Fragment of alabaster from a vessel or mace head. Inscribed. Duplicate of U.259 [Crossed out] Refers to a looting of Susa c.f. U.259 Placed in IN/No. 1.