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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17935F | (none) | 1932,1008.81 | (none) | Celts. [All objects drawn, objects grouped by material description] [A-B] Jasper [drawing 1:1] [C-E] Diorite [drawing 1:1] [F] Basalt [drawing 1:1] [G] Limestone [drawing 1:1] |
| 17684 | (none) | 1932,1008.75 | (none) | Weight. Haemitite. Type III. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17943L | (none) | 1932,1008.65 | (none) | [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified] |
| 17943K | (none) | 1932,1008.64 | (none) | [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified] |
| 17943J | (none) | 1932,1008.63 | (none) | [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified] |
| 17943I | (none) | 1932,1008.62 | (none) | [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified] |
| 17943H | (none) | 1932,1008.61 | (none) | [One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified] |
| 16429CC | (none) | 1932,1008.58 | (none) | (none) |
| 16429G | (none) | 1932,1008.56 | (none) | Weight. Steatite. grey. lentoid. Weight = 9.152 grs. Type II. |
| 16429J | (none) | 1932,1008.53 | (none) | Weight Fire-blackened steatite. Ovoid. Weight 7.104 grs. Type I. |
| 16247 | (none) | 1931,1010.183 | (none) | Inscribed Weight Ovoid Steatite Dark Grey Inscribed [Drawing of Cuneiform] (=IGI-II-GAL= one half) 1/2 a Half-Sheqel (Nominal Weight = 2.104 GRS) Type I |
| 16239W | (none) | 1931,1010.175 | (none) | Weight 0.64 grs. Steatite. Ovoid. Black. Type I. |
| 16429S | (none) | 1931,1010.163 | (none) | Weight. Haematite. Bugle [crossed out] cylindrical. Weight= 0.64 prob=5 "little sheqels" (nominally=0.70) Type III |
| 16932B | (none) | 1931,1010.158 | (none) | Weight. Steatite, blackish - grey bugle [Crossed out] cylindrical. Weight 0.448 grs. 3 little sheqels(?) (nominally 0.420). Type III |
| 16229Y | (none) | 1931,1010.157 | (none) | Weight 42.88 GRS. Ovoid. Haematite. Black. 5 sheqels (nominal weight 42.08 grs.) Type I. |
| 16268B | (none) | 1931,1010.116 | (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] |
| 13035C | (none) | 1929,1017.463 | (none) | [A-B] 2 haematite weights. Lentoid shapes. Type II. [C-F Additional letters weights according to British Museum] |
| 8466D | (none) | 1928,1009.455 | (none) | [A-E] 5 weights, [A-D] 4 hematite, [E] 1 silver lentoid. hematite - 1 lentoid, 1 conoid, 1 ovoid, 1 roughly cylindrical, slightly bigger at base than at top. weights: Types I, II, III, IV. |
| 3181 | (none) | 1927,1003.73 | (none) | Whetstone. Brown pebble, worn smooth, ends rounded. |
| 3360 | (none) | 1927,1003.66 | (none) | Polished weight. Of green volcanic stone: sectional cut roughly oblong. Type V. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11677 | (none) | 1927,0527.24a | (none) | Fragment of Statue(?) Diorite inscribed. |
| 1550 | (none) | 1924,0920.205 | (none) | Roughly fashioned human hand, with fingers. Dark grey stone. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1505 | (none) | 1924,0920.182 | (none) | Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5] |
| 295 | (none) | 1923,1110.3 | (none) | Gate socket, Basalt. Inscription on smooth surface, with shoulder below. Records the building of A.A22AG.GA.NI GIG.KISAL[Above] by Bur-Sin I. Copied and transliterated. |
| 806 | (none) | 1923,1110.2 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of NABONIDUS. The fragments of the iron shoe of the door-post are still fixed in the stone. |
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