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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3125 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold bead. With bitumen core blocking one hole. One end bent in. Spherical bead. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (7) in Cat. |
| 3140 | (none) | 1927,1003.100 | (none) | Copper staple. With eye presumably for suspension [drawing 1:1] |
| 3154 | (none) | 1927,1003.106 | (none) | Bronze arrowhead. Triangular pattern [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of bronze dagger blade. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of bronze inlay. From scene with Ea, representing river. |
| 3168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bolt. Point lost. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3174 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze safety pin. Frame only. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3177 | (none) | 1927,1003.98 | (none) | Fragmentary razor blade. Bronze. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3192A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three bronze vessels. Bowl, flask and tumbler. ? [bowl] |
| 3192B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three bronze vessels. Bowl, flask and tumbler. ? [flask] |
| 3192C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three bronze vessels. Bowl, flask and tumbler. ? [tumbler] |
| 3193 | 30-12-261 | (none) | (none) | Copper nails and bolts. Various sizes with rounded heads, some headless. | |
| 3194 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze needles. Size undeterminable. |
| 3195 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze snake. |
| 3196A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two bronze utensils. (A) A round-bottomed cylinder. (B) A hollow cylinder: with thin strip turned down side, similar to fountain pen clip. |
| 3196B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two bronze utensils. (A) A round-bottomed cylinder. (B) A hollow cylinder: with thin strip turned down side, similar to fountain pen clip. |
| 3199 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog. Large and well modeled: bronze, considerably broken. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3219 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze cup or vase. Fragmentary |
| 3223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frame of bronze safety pin [drawing 1:1] |
| 3232 | (none) | 1927,1003.104 | (none) | Copper object. Spatulate end: perhaps handle of small spoon. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3241 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze staple. Ends broken off. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3243 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze dress pin. Long and thin with sharp point and slightly flattened head. Present length (highly bent): 156mm. Diameter: 4mm. |
| 3248 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Arrowhead. Copper overlaid with gold. Haft of copper only. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3270 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze arrowhead. Triangular type: fine specimen. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3288 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze adze or chisel. Cutting edge broken. Sketch 1:2. [drawing 1:2] |
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