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)
10090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads Large lentoids, 2 lapis, 1 silver, 2 bitumen(broken) NB the carnelian rings probably went between the large beads
10091	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head Type V
10092	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head (broken) Type V
10093	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Pin With plain lapis ball head Type V
10096	(none)	(none)	(none)	Wreath of gold mulberry leaves strung with small lapis bugles & carnelian rings (orig. 13 in all, but some are badly broken) Type__
10138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diorite Block Fragment cf. U.10614 HC 4
10150	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace Carnelian & lapis beads and one steatite: double conoids, barrel and bugle beads For order of stringing and details (?)
10153	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal Lapis lazuli Lentoid shaped 3 registers Men and gazelles
10180	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Square in section. Rounded top
10188	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Grey steatite God in shrine with foot on mountain; worshipper on each side
10192	(none)	(none)	B17594	Cylinder Seal Baked clay Very roughly cut: presentation scene 2 seated gods and two standing figures.
10302	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and Enkidu (horned, bull-footed deity with long pit-tail) back to back fighting a rampant bull and a rampant lion respectively; the latter graspes the lion by the tail. Between the 2 fighting animals a third - a rampant bull back turned towards first bull.
10303	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Lapis lazuli Male figure; on either side a rampant gazelle, behind each gazelle a rampant lion and beyond the lions a second male figure NB The male figures have bird heads
10304	(none)	(none)	(none)	6 Beads Two carnelian bugles, & 4 crystal ring beads - strung alternatively.
10311	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone (Palette?) Flat elliptical pebble greyish [drawing] 1:1
10312	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Perforated through top for attachment to belt Rectangular in section but with elliptical rounded ends [drawing]
10313	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads Bangle Lapis & silver double conoids on wooden cores Minute gold, lapis and silver balls For order of stringing cf. Field Note
10315	(none)	(none)	(none)	5 Beads 2 lapis bugles 2 carnelian bugles 1 carnelian diamond. Originally strung with wooden double conoids, all of which had decayed. For order see Field Note.
10316	(none)	(none)	(none)	Earring Lapis lazuli with gold hoop. The pendant is shaped like a saddle, smooth on one side, decorated with oblique incisions on the other. The incised side has a raised ridge running down its axis; the ridge is perforated in 3 places and gold links remain in case of two of the holes. The body of the earring is further perforated 4 times probably to admit gold suspenders. The gold hoop was attached to it on the one side by a hole through which the wire was passed and then wound about itself. On the other side the hoop end was inserted through the hole and then bent against the lapis suspender so as to be made fast.
10320	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Bottle Calcite White Type? Type CXVI
10323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Calcite? White. 2 lapis caps inserted into the ends of the seal present a flat lapis surface thus giving the seal the appearance of having a solid lapis core. 2 registers: Upper: Enthroned deity in front of a (champagne?) vase out of which rises (corn?) 2 bird-headed figures wearing sheep-skin skirts approach it. Between them the crescent moon: one carries an offering vase. On either side of each palm a bird-headed figure.
10327	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin Broken in 3 pieces Lapis ball head with gold cap on upper and under side Type V
10329	(none)	(none)	(none)	13 Gold (Mulberry?) leaves Strung with lapis bugles and carnelian rings. Each leaf has a gold tang bent double thus forming two tubes for two strings of beads. Against the leaf on either side a small carnelian ring bead, then 2 lapis bugles, carnelian ring, leaf, etc.
10330B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Necklace Gold double conoids on a bitumen core Lapis lazuli double conoids. 3 strings: each string has 3 double conoid gold and 6 double conoid lapis
10333	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Curved head, surmounted by rectangular lapis head. The lapis head was not found actually in position on the pin but was hard by it and almost certainly belongs. Hole perforated below shoulder. Broken in 2 pieces. Ribbed decoration on upper portion of the stem [drawing] Type VI C