Metal
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12435A | 30-12-696 | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper bull's head and shell plaques [B]. From a wooden harp. The head (?) that of a calf rather than a bull is in good condition except that the horns are both damaged: the eyes are of lapis and shell and a triangular piece of lapis is inlaid in the forehead. The collar was of white shell triangles and lapis square. The shell plaques have, above, 3 rows of geometric design, each row on a separate strip of shell: then a figure scene, a single strip of geometrical design, another figure scene and 2 strips of geometrical design at the base. The figure scenes are in the mosaic, the white shell figures silhouetted against a composite background of lapis. In upper, a figure seated left holds in his raised right hand a cup while an attendant stands before him. In lower scene, 2 figures advance right, each with his hands raised and clasped in front of him. All the figures wear the fleeced skirt with a belt which forms a tail-like tassel behind: all are clean shaven as to the face but the standing figure s have a lock of hair hanging down the back of the head. | |
 | 12487A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cauldron [drawing, labeled: XXIV] To which is attached by corrosion a [B] copper bowl thus [drawing, labeled: XLVII] with small horizontal loop handles |
| 12487B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cauldron [drawing, labeled: XXIV] To which is attached by corrosion a [B] copper bowl thus [drawing, labeled: XLVII] with small horizontal loop handles |
| 11766B | (none) | 1929,1017.582 | (none) | [A] Copper chisel (broken but complete) Type V. [B] A copper pin plain head. [C] Also, earring of plain silver wire spiral coil. | |
| 11766C | 30-12-514 | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper chisel (broken but complete) Type V. [B] A copper pin plain head. [C] Also, earring of plain silver wire spiral coil. | |
| 11766A | (none) | 1929,1017.607 | (none) | [A] Copper chisel (broken but complete) Type V. [B] A copper pin plain head. [C] Also, earring of plain silver wire spiral coil. | |
| 11967A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Chisel. Type IV B. [B] With this, a whetstone of white stone. |
| 8449A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cullender. [B] Copper bath shaped bowl. Cullender found inside copper bowl and corroded with it. Part of rim of cullender missing and base cracked. Copper bowl broken and fragmentary. [drawing] Cullender same type as U.7869. [Type] LXIII |
| 8449B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cullender. [B] Copper bath shaped bowl. Cullender found inside copper bowl and corroded with it. Part of rim of cullender missing and base cracked. Copper bowl broken and fragmentary. [drawing] Cullender same type as U.7869. [Type] LXIII |
| 12489A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper dagger Type II D, and [B] whetstone. Whetstone of Greenish stone. [Text reordered for clarity]. |
| 12022A | (none) | 1929,1017.523 | (none) | [A] Copper Knife & [B] Pin. Corroded together. Knife, type II, C. Pin plain head [Type] 1X. | |
| 12022B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Knife & [B] Pin. Corroded together. Knife, type II, C. Pin plain head [Type] 1X. |
| 9191C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper knife, [B] axe, and [C] reticule. All corroded together. Knife straight-sided L. 145mm, W. 43mm; Axe, broken, L. about 210mm; the reticule much broken. |
| 11866A | 30-12-284 | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Knife. 2 blades? (blade broken) Type II, F. attached to it by corrosion is a [B] copper reticule, tip of case missing. | |
| 11866B | 30-12-303 | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Knife. 2 blades? (blade broken) Type II, F. attached to it by corrosion is a [B] copper reticule, tip of case missing. | |
| 7988A | (none) | (none) | B17436 | [A] Copper knife. Straigh-sided with square shoulders to a short tang in which was one rivet (broken off: point of knife also broken but present). Oxydised onto the knife blade is a [B] copper reticule of normal type II | |
| 7988B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper knife. Straigh-sided with square shoulders to a short tang in which was one rivet (broken off: point of knife also broken but present). Oxydised onto the knife blade is a [B] copper reticule of normal type II. |
| 12317A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 12317B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 12317C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 12317D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 10390A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Pin. Rounded in section. Copper ball head on bitumen core. Adhering to the pin a [B] Cylinder Seal of shell. The stem of the pin is perforated and has a small copper ring attached to it. Originally the seal was probably suspended by a string attached to the ring on the copper pin; the string decayed and the seal became corroded onto the pin. Type V. Figs. obliterated: probably 2 heroes fighting 2 rampant beasts. The copper set in bitumen was probably really the cap of the seal; the cap fell off onto the pin which has an elongated knob head. |
| 9092A | (none) | (none) | B17489 | [A] Copper pin. Thickened head and short tang. Onto the stem is corroded a [B] small lapis cylinder seal (engraved conoid with animal figures) which must have hung from the hole in the stem of the pin. [Type I] | |
| 11970A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Pin. Type VI B. With it a [B] cylinder seal of green calcite(?) much decayed: 2 registers with seated figures, archaic. |
| 12650A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper pin. With lapis ball head and gold cap. [B] A second similar pin is corroded with it but ball head is missing. Type V B. |
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