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)
5 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. Very coarse grey steatite (?) edges badly chipped.
20 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite Greenish-grey. Seated figure of a divinity rt, before whom 5 standing figures.
21A (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
21B (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
21C (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
21D (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
21E (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
21F (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
21G (none) (none) (none) [A-G] Flint saws. a-g. [drawing 1:1] [Annotation] not included in Vol. IV. Vol IV.
22A (none) (none) (none) Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1]
22B (none) (none) (none) Whetstones. (A) Dark grey slatey stone. [drawing 1:1] (B) Reddish pebble. [drawing 1:1]
23 (none) (none) (none) Milk-stone? Roughly tooth-shaped (or celt shaped) of mottled black and white granite pierced. [drawing 1:1]
28 (none) (none) (none) Stone plumb-bob. of fine greyish-white limestone. [drawing 1:1]
34B (none) (none) B15246 Beads in gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian: found loose and restrung as follows (A) Gold ram: small figurine in thin metal, hollow, pierced for threading. Fine work. Photo no. 39 length 0.016 (B) String of lapis and gold beads thus [refers to drawing], graded in size, 43 gold and 45 lapis, and a circular rosette pendant of open work gold. [drawing] Photo no. _ length 085 (C) String of carnelian beads, 40 in all, 2 gold ring terminals, 4 gold pear pendants, 2 carnelian pear pendants on gold, one plate pendant of carnelian with white design on gold. Photo no. 39 length 008 (D) String of 10 gold and 20 lapis nasturtium-seed beads with six lapis pear pendants on gold and one lapis fly amulet. photo no. _ length 0155 (E) String of small lapis beads strung in 2 rows with lapis spacers at ends of 8 gold mulberry(?)-leaf pendants, a triangular gold spacer, one lapis beads bound with gold wire and a triple gold beads (these 2 as a pendant) Photo. No. 39. length 0.165
34C (none) (none) (none) Beads in gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian: found loose and restrung as follows (A) Gold ram: small figurine in thin metal, hollow, pierced for threading. Fine work. Photo no. 39 length 0.016 (B) String of lapis and gold beads thus [refers to drawing], graded in size, 43 gold and 45 lapis, and a circular rosette pendant of open work gold. [drawing] Photo no. _ length 085 (C) String of carnelian beads, 40 in all, 2 gold ring terminals, 4 gold pear pendants, 2 carnelian pear pendants on gold, one plate pendant of carnelian with white design on gold. Photo no. 39 length 008 (D) String of 10 gold and 20 lapis nasturtium-seed beads with six lapis pear pendants on gold and one lapis fly amulet. photo no. _ length 0155 (E) String of small lapis beads strung in 2 rows with lapis spacers at ends of 8 gold mulberry(?)-leaf pendants, a triangular gold spacer, one lapis beads bound with gold wire and a triple gold beads (these 2 as a pendant) Photo. No. 39. length 0.165
34D (none) (none) B15246 Beads in gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian: found loose and restrung as follows (A) Gold ram: small figurine in thin metal, hollow, pierced for threading. Fine work. Photo no. 39 length 0.016 (B) String of lapis and gold beads thus [refers to drawing], graded in size, 43 gold and 45 lapis, and a circular rosette pendant of open work gold. [drawing] Photo no. _ length 085 (C) String of carnelian beads, 40 in all, 2 gold ring terminals, 4 gold pear pendants, 2 carnelian pear pendants on gold, one plate pendant of carnelian with white design on gold. Photo no. 39 length 008 (D) String of 10 gold and 20 lapis nasturtium-seed beads with six lapis pear pendants on gold and one lapis fly amulet. photo no. _ length 0155 (E) String of small lapis beads strung in 2 rows with lapis spacers at ends of 8 gold mulberry(?)-leaf pendants, a triangular gold spacer, one lapis beads bound with gold wire and a triple gold beads (these 2 as a pendant) Photo. No. 39. length 0.165
35 (none) (none) (none) Bowl. Alabaster, veined. [drawing 1:2]
36 (none) (none) (none) Bowl. Alabaster, coarse, broken and mended but imperfect. Coarse-grained stone, stained yellow inside. Type 20 new. [drawing]
40 (none) (none) (none) Obsidian saw. Flake and chip.
51 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Consisting of agate lunar pendant, 13 gold beads (some decayed), 12 carnelian and 18 lapis beads (including one barrel 0.047 long) = from this beads through the center 13 are restrung in the original order. and 7 gold beads unstrung.
64 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster bowl. In very bad condition, stained and whole surface eroded, much of rim broken away. [drawing 1:2]
80 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish white steatite. Subject, god seated rt. A minor deity introducing a worshipper: inscr. in 2 columns [drawing of inscription] 3rd Dynasty
96A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Two Pebbles. pierced to be worn as amulets. [drawing 1:1]
96B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Two Pebbles. pierced to be worn as amulets. [drawing 1:1]
98 (none) (none) (none) Veined agate fragment. Inscribed with a dedication to Nannar.

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