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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420 | (none) | (none) | B15324, B15324 | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. | |
 | 421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU. |
| 422 | (none) | (none) | B15323 | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 423 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. |
| 424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. The stone had been cut down and re-used between the Nebuchadnezzar and the Persian periods: its connection with the door was not certain. |
| 808 | (none) | (none) | B15325 | Basalt duck weight. Broken below the breast and badly cracked by fire. Inscribed on wing 30 true minas. Type VI | |
| 900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt door-socket. In very bad condition. With inscription of KURIGALZU. Reads "To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzu, who is the servant of the sun-god..." (1) Nannar (2) logal-a-ni-ir. (3)(a) Ku-ri-gal-zu. (4) lu arad Babbar-ra?? |
| 901 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt impost-stone. Inscription with name, etc., of BURSIN. |
| 950 | (none) | (none) | B15322, B15322 | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU. | |
| 1701 | (none) | (none) | B15732 | Stone Weight. Black stone. Cigar shaped with 6 incised strokes. Type II |
| 2519 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Basalt. Inscribed. [inscription] : igi 6 gal = 1/6. Type I |
| 2600 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. Black stone-basalt? Two worshippers on either side of a deity. Weapon of Nergal in the field. About BC 2000. [drawing] |
| 2727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Broken. Weather worn. Volcanic ashes. Basalt? [drawing] |
| 2734 | (none) | (none) | B16279 | Statue fragment. Black basalt, showing hair conventionall treated. Sketch. [drawing] |
| 6502 | (none) | (none) | B16227 | Stone duck weight. Black. Type VI. E. | |
| 9140A | (none) | (none) | B17097 | Whetstones. Two A:B large & heavy of grey stone. one [A] pierced at the top for suspension. | |
| 16229B | 31-43-123 | (none) | (none) | Weight 16.6 GRS. Pebble. Black. Slightly chipped. 2 sheqels. (Nominal weight 16.832 grs.). [drawing] Type V | |
| 16229C | 31-43-103 | (none) | (none) | Weight 5.76 GRS. Schist(?) ovoid. Black. 1 double minette (nominal weight 5.611 grs.) Type 1 | |
| 16229G | 31-43-107 | (none) | (none) | Weight 0.832 GRS. Slate(?) Oblong (Surfaces slightly convex). Brown. 1/10 sheqel (nominal weight 0.8416 grs.) Type VII | |
| 16268O | 35-1-401 | (none) | (none) | [G-N] Stone pounders. Pebbles, mostly natural shape, of hard stone, of different sorts, several of them bearing marks when they have been used for hammering gold, or where gold has been hammered on them. Most have been split by the heat when the temple was burnt. Amongst them are [O-Q] 3 worked tools, pounders. [drawing] | |
| 16421D | 31-43-262 | (none) | (none) | Weight. ovoid. basic diorite(?) grey. To be weighed. Type I. | |
| 17749 | 32-40-125 | (none) | (none) | Weight. Haematite. 2 scratches. Type II. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17929A | 32-40-120 | (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] |
| 18709B | 33-35-122B | (none) | (none) | [A-P] Polished stone celts. 16 in all. |
| 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] |
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