Natural aggregates of one or more minerals and sometimes non-crystalline substances.

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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)
1223 (none) (none) (none) Black steatite cylinder seal with device god facing right separated from worshipper and an introducing god by figures of a sitting dog (left) and scorpion (right). Over the god's raised left hand is the crescent. Inscribed: d.Sanas S.a-a
16019 (none) (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal. Geme(?) -d. Nungal son of Ur-babi(-baga?) HC.30/I.5. UET 8/2 (Hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
18929A (none) (none) (none) (A) Beads: carnelian date-shaped and cylindrical, one of the latter with bleached spiral line and rings: lapis double conoids and paste ditto steatite tubular, chisel pendant, frog amulet, and quartzite flat truncated date-shaped. (B) Two hair-rings of thin gold wire, five spiral coils. Also [C] a copper pin, type 2a. [C] a copper pin, type 2a.
6968B (none) (none) B16219 (A) Copper statuette the basket carrier. Dungi's time. Text: Dim-tab-ta Temple(2) [drawing] (B) Uninscribed diorite tablet. Dungi's time. Text: Dim-tab-ta Temple(2) [drawing]
2749A (none) (none) (none) (A) Diorite Door-socket.; (B) Copper pole shoe} Both same inscription: Ur Engur, king of Ur, who has bult the house of Nannar. in text: 3rd Dynasty Terrace (13)
11162C (none) (none) (none) (A) Gaming-board. Set in silver. Shell plaques engraved with lapis borders engraved with animal scenes, except for 2 in rosettes. Only part of it was found, giving in all: 13 plaques of which 6 were still in their setting and 7 loose: these have been reset, those in original order in the top 2 rows, the rest below, and one rosette piece omitted. Orig. W. 120mm(?); plaques 32 x 40mm; 35mm square. With this must go: (B) Gaming pieces, of white shell, square with engraved scenes, in all 9 and one half piece. (C) Gaming pieces, circular, of balck shale with 5 white dots, diam. 25mm, 3 in all. (D) one white disk with blue spot. (E) Small balls of lapis, 8 in all. (F) 23 small white balls (these are perhaps counters)? (G) 3 lapis dice, of usual solid triangle with inlay dots at 2 points. (H) 6 square men, black and white spots. (NB: Some of the gaming pieces B & C were found in Chamber B.) [I] [Not assigned] (J) [J, L-M] 3 slender rods, square in section, of ivory (?) with engraved patterns on one edge and concentric circles on the other. L. 65mm, W. 4mm (K) in the inside of the board (a box) was a complete set of men, 7 white and 7 black, the former with animal scenes, the latter with 5 white dots.
(none) (none) 1929,1017.476 (none) (none)
16345A 31-43-280 (none) (none) (none)
16429CC (none) 1932,1008.58 (none) (none)
(none) 30-12-42 (none) (none) (none)
(none) 35-1-23 (none) (none) (none)
(none) 31-16-533 (none) (none) (none)
(none) (none) (none) B17612 (none)
(none) 33-35-119.1 (none) (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1928,1010.776 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1928,1010.777 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1928,1010.778 (none) (none)
(none) 31-17-160a (none) (none) (none)
(none) 33-35-131 (none) (none) (none)
(none) 30-12-522 (none) (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1930,1213.479 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1932,1008.29 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1935,0112.28 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1931,1010.273 (none) (none)
(none) 33-35-132 (none) (none) (none)

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Igneous - Metamorphic - Sedimentary