This group of rocks are formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

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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)
901 (none) (none) (none) Basalt impost-stone. Inscription with name, etc., of BURSIN.
9028 (none) (none) B16859 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 rampant lions crossed, on either side of them a rampant bull - also a star.
9100 (none) (none) B16878 Cylinder seal Black marble? Highly polished Course cutting Slightly concave Seated god within 2 gates of a shrine. 1 divinity knocking at each door
914 (none) 1923,1110.59 (none) Stone vase. Fragment of straight-sided deep bowl of granite.
9140A (none) (none) B17097 Whetstones. Two A:B large & heavy of grey stone. one [A] pierced at the top for suspension.
9178 (none) (none) (none) [CARD MISSING] Cylinder seal. Black and white granite. With copper caps. Large and fine, with inscription of the steward (?) of Sargon's daughter.
9192 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl Green grey diorite (?) all the upper part broken to pieces and the bottom also missing [Type] ?
9245 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl Basic Diorite? Stone type XXI. (New 19)
950 (none) (none) B15322, B15322 Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU.
9508 (none) (none) (none) Arrowhead Obsidian Jagged edge; both sides convex. Slightly chipped on one side.
9652 (none) (none) B16857 Cylinder seal Dark steatite A hero fighting a bull (or wild oryx)? and a lion and a bull fighting.
9661 (none) (none) B16874 Cylinder seal Marble Mottled Slightly concave Inscribed: - 2 lions rampant, crossed: behind each an attacking hero - beyond are two retainers. Upper register: inscription, lower register: rampant gazelle and hero. Inscription /......mu; Lugal-gis; My (?).... Lugal-gis. (HC. 207)
9721 (none) (none) B17024 Cylinder seal Haematite Black Copper caps. This seal adhered to copper pin U.9720 Two seated deities, facing on another, from the first a stream of water trickles from the out-stretched left hand; above, crescent moon; second deity holds a cup? in right hand; above him the sun; and third standing deity? faces him. Behind the first deity a standing attendant.
not assigned (none) (none) B16981 No catalog card exists for this object. It and two other hematite weights are, however, mentioned on the card for U.7073 as having been found together in grave DP.12.

Related Terms

Metamorphic - Sedimentary

Child Terms

Basalt - Diorite - Obsidian - Gabbro - Granite