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)
10336	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Lapis ball head Type V
10338	(none)	(none)	(none)	13 Gold (Mulberry?) Leaves Strung with carnelian rings and lapis bugles in the normal manner Worn round forehead
10339	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace Silver and lapis double conoids Apparently the centre of the necklace consisted of silver and lapis beads, the ends of lapis only
10341	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head, and gold cap on top of head Type V
10350	(none)	(none)	(none)	13 Gold (Mulberry?) Leaves Strung with lapis bugles and carnelian rings in the usual manner
10351	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace Lapis & silver double conoids 3 strings cf. Field Note
10352	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Pin Lapis ball head with silver cap under side Type V
10355	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Mottled Marble Men fighting rampant lions and rampant bulls
10356	(none)	(none)	B17666	Carnelian beads 2 strings of small barrel beads
10360A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 Cockle shells One containing black paint, the other green paint
10364	(none)	(none)	B16872	Cylinder Seal Greenish grey marble Hero: on either side a rampant bull and a rampant lion. Attributes: Crescent Moon, and star on two legged pole.
10365	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace Agate, jasper, shell, carnelian lentoids, copper ball beads For order see Field Note
10372	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Lapis ball head Broken in 3 pieces Type V
10374A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 2 Pairs of Cockle shells. Black and green paint.
10376	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Minute beads. Gold and lapis balls, carnelian barrels. See Field Note for order.
10377	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis, gold, carnelian and agate beads. For order see Field Note.
10378	(none)	(none)	(none)	Agate Amulet Heart-shaped Pierced vertically for suspension Cylindrical core of reddish paste running through hole For shape see Field Note
10388	(none)	(none)	(none)	Steatite Bowl. Bell shaped. One side cut down in antiquity. Type LXII.
10389	(none)	(none)	(none)	4 Beads 2 jasper? (one flattened double conoids, one barrel) 2 copper ball beads One copper bead between each jasper bead
10393	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone Flat one side, convex on the other shaped thus: [drawing]
10397	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Mottled marble Black with small brownish spots Unusually large size, Very slightly convex. 4 horned deities bearing offerings of (corn?) to an enthroned deity who holds a triple wisp of (corn?) in his right hand. Behind throne a spouting tree on a stand. Seated god has a short pigtail which curls up at back. Standing gods have hair done up in a double bun at the back, they are bearded; wear a long sleeve-less coat tied by a band at the waist. Last deity has a kaukanes flounced skirt like enthroned deity. The latter has a cloak which covers left arm but leaves right arm exposed. Sargonic Grave. [drawing]
10399	(none)	(none)	B17183	Steatite Bowl Rim chipped Roughly worked Type XVIII
10400	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head of Priest. Shaven and shorn. Dark grey limestone. Nose chipped. Missing below neck. Hole 5mm in diameter pierced vertically through neck to join the head to a body which doubtless consisted of some other material. Good modelling. Eyes and eyebrows heavily pronounced, coventional eyes shaped. Heavy nose, pursed up lips and small but pronounced chin. Head and figures typically Sumerian - dolichocephalic. [drawing]
10403	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads double conoids of silver and lapis Type__
10410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads Gold (1), agate and carnelian Isin-Larsa period