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.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10470 | (none) | 1928,1010.412 | (none) | Whetstone Brown stone Pierced for suspension |
| 10477 | (none) | 1928,1010.411 | (none) | Whetstone Grey stone, broken, hung on a loop of gold wire [drawing] 1:1 |
| 10478A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming-Board. With men and dice. [A] The board is of the usual shape with vertical borders of shell and red stone strips: round the edge a mosaic of minute tesserae in blue, red, and white. The squares were of the original wood which formed the body of the board, each square inlaid with 5 eyes of shell having red or blue centres, except for two which are squares of shell inlaid with a flower rosette having red and blue petals: the squares are divided by narrow ivory strips inlaid with red and blue dots. The wood has perished and has been replaced with plaster of paris. Under one end of the board were found the men in 2 piles: there are [C] 7 white and [B] 7 black, the latter of shell inlaid with 5 white spots, the former of shell engraved with animal scenes, the details and the background filled in with black. Under the other end of the board was [D] a set of six dice of white shell, solid triangles, having blue dots at 2 of the 4 points of each: scattered in the neighborhood was a [E] second set of lapis with gold points, of which only 4 were found. Found behind the chariot. |
| 10478B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming-Board. With men and dice. [A] The board is of the usual shape with vertical borders of shell and red stone strips: round the edge a mosaic of minute tesserae in blue, red, and white. The squares were of the original wood which formed the body of the board, each square inlaid with 5 eyes of shell having red or blue centres, except for two which are squares of shell inlaid with a flower rosette having red and blue petals: the squares are divided by narrow ivory strips inlaid with red and blue dots. The wood has perished and has been replaced with plaster of paris. Under one end of the board were found the men in 2 piles: there are [C] 7 white and [B] 7 black, the latter of shell inlaid with 5 white spots, the former of shell engraved with animal scenes, the details and the background filled in with black. Under the other end of the board was [D] a set of six dice of white shell, solid triangles, having blue dots at 2 of the 4 points of each: scattered in the neighborhood was a [E] second set of lapis with gold points, of which only 4 were found. Found behind the chariot. |
| 10478C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming-Board. With men and dice. [A] The board is of the usual shape with vertical borders of shell and red stone strips: round the edge a mosaic of minute tesserae in blue, red, and white. The squares were of the original wood which formed the body of the board, each square inlaid with 5 eyes of shell having red or blue centres, except for two which are squares of shell inlaid with a flower rosette having red and blue petals: the squares are divided by narrow ivory strips inlaid with red and blue dots. The wood has perished and has been replaced with plaster of paris. Under one end of the board were found the men in 2 piles: there are [C] 7 white and [B] 7 black, the latter of shell inlaid with 5 white spots, the former of shell engraved with animal scenes, the details and the background filled in with black. Under the other end of the board was [D] a set of six dice of white shell, solid triangles, having blue dots at 2 of the 4 points of each: scattered in the neighborhood was a [E] second set of lapis with gold points, of which only 4 were found. Found behind the chariot. |
| 10478D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming-Board. With men and dice. [A] The board is of the usual shape with vertical borders of shell and red stone strips: round the edge a mosaic of minute tesserae in blue, red, and white. The squares were of the original wood which formed the body of the board, each square inlaid with 5 eyes of shell having red or blue centres, except for two which are squares of shell inlaid with a flower rosette having red and blue petals: the squares are divided by narrow ivory strips inlaid with red and blue dots. The wood has perished and has been replaced with plaster of paris. Under one end of the board were found the men in 2 piles: there are [C] 7 white and [B] 7 black, the latter of shell inlaid with 5 white spots, the former of shell engraved with animal scenes, the details and the background filled in with black. Under the other end of the board was [D] a set of six dice of white shell, solid triangles, having blue dots at 2 of the 4 points of each: scattered in the neighborhood was a [E] second set of lapis with gold points, of which only 4 were found. Found behind the chariot. |
| 10478E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming-Board With men & dice [A] The board is of the usual shape with vertical borders of shell and red stone strips: round the edge a mosaic of minute tesserae in blue, red, and white. The squares were of the original wood which formed the body of the board, each square inlaid with 5 eyes of shell having red or blue centres, except for two which are squares of shell inlaid with a flower rosette having red and blue petals: the squares are divided by narrow ivory strips inlaid with red and blue dots. The wood has perished and has been replaced with plaster of paris. Under one end of the board were found the men in 2 piles: there are [C] 7 white and [B] 7 black, the latter of shell inlaid with 5 white spots, the former of shell engraved with animal scenes, the details and the background filled in with black. Under the other end of the board was [D] a set of six dice of white shell, solid triangles, having blue dots at 2 of the 4 points of each: scattered in the neighborhood was a [E] second set of lapis with gold points, of which only 4 were found |
| 10482 | (none) | 1928,1010.422 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken & mended. Small piece missing from rim and side Type LXII |
| 10483 | (none) | 1928,1010.423 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken and mended. 3 small pieces missing from side Type LXII |
| 10485 | (none) | 1928,1010.473 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite Squat spill vase type White drab Common type. Base very slightly rounded. Poor condition. Broken and mended. Small portion of rim missing. [drawing] 2:5 Type CII |
| 10486 | (none) | 1928,1010.472 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite Squat spill vase type Broken and mended. Complete. Type CII |
| 10487 | (none) | 1928,1010.451 | (none) | Stone Vase calcite greenish Part of surface decayed Broken and mended. Small portion of base missing. [drawing] Type XVII |
| 10488 | (none) | 1928,1010.420 | (none) | Stone Bowl obsidian Oval shaped dark grey Same type as U.10480 Badly broken and mended Parts missing Type CIII |
| 10489 | (none) | 1928,1010.453 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite Light greenish Saucer shaped veined; translucent Type CXIV [drawing] 2:5 |
| 10491 | (none) | 1928,1010.469 | (none) | Stone Vase White calcite Surface in poor condition. Complete. Same type as U.10490 Type LXXVI |
| 10493 | (none) | 1928,1010.457 | (none) | Vase Calcite White Veined Complete [drawing] Type XXXIX |
| 10494 | (none) | 1928,1010.458 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite White; veined [drawing] Type LVII |
| 10495 | (none) | 1928,1010.452 | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Same type as U.10484 Badly broken Probably complete Type XVIII |
| 10496 | (none) | 1928,1010.432 | (none) | Vase Grey & white marble Complete |
| 10500 | (none) | 1928,1010.431 | (none) | Stone Vase basic diorite grey Portion of rim missing [drawing] Type [struck out: "XLV"] CVI New type 35 [drawing] |
| 10503 | (none) | 1928,1010.430 | (none) | Vase. Greenish grey steatite. Badly broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type XC. [drawing 2:5] |
| 10505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Red Pigment (?) A whole quantity Found against the front of the box by the biggest steatite bowl. |
| 10506 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bow Steatite? Bell shaped. Badly broken: probably complete. Type LXII. |
| 10507 | (none) | 1928,1010.450 | (none) | Stone bowl Calcite White Most of surface decayed Broken & mended Part missing [drawing] Type LXVI |
| 10510 | (none) | 1928,1010.444 | (none) | Stone bowl Calcite White Broken into many pieces Probably virtually complete Type__ |
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