Basalt
This is made of quartz and feldspar, usually a grey to black color that weathers to brown or rust-red with oxidization. It has a fine grained texture. It is used in statues.
This is made of quartz and feldspar, usually a grey to black color that weathers to brown or rust-red with oxidization. It has a fine grained texture. It is used in statues.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16268F | 31-43-265 | (none) | (none) | [A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing] | |
| 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. | |
 | 17929H | 32-40-121 | (none) | (none) | Celts. [Woolley did not assign subletters; they are assigned in this database based on the order of drawings on the card] [A] Schist [drawing 1:1] [B] Schist [drawing 1:1] [C] Shale [drawing 1:1] [D] Jasper [drawing 1:1] [drawing side view 1:1] [E] Diorite [drawing 1:1] [F] Diorite [drawing 1:1] [G] Diorite [drawing 1:1] [H] Schist [drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | 30-12-42 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 35-1-23 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 31-17-160a | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 6965 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
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