Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic and has a set chemical formula. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish various species, and are influenced by the mineral's geological environment. They are described by characteristics such as habid, hardness, lustre, color, streak, clevage, fracture, parting, and specific gravity. The subdivisions of this category are based on scietific groups from the discipline of mineralogy.
A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic and has a set chemical formula. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish various species, and are influenced by the mineral's geological environment. They are described by characteristics such as habid, hardness, lustre, color, streak, clevage, fracture, parting, and specific gravity.
The subdivisions of this category are based on scietific groups from the discipline of mineralogy.
Objects: Mineral Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings
Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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11725 | 30-12-40 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. A god with one foot on a hill, & 3 worshippers. Inscription (Lug)al(?)-(?)-la(?)-ni dub-sar(=scribe). | |
12091 | 30-12-41 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible. | |
12017 | 30-12-43 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Green stone. | |
13031 | 30-12-44 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure. | |
11443 | 30-12-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5. | |
11828 | 30-12-5 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above, banquet; below, 2 gazelles. (rough & early work). | |
(none) | 30-12-52 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
(none) | 30-12-53 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
(none) | 30-12-55 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
(none) | 30-12-56 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
(none) | 30-12-57 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 30-12-58 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 30-12-63 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 30-12-64 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
(none) | 30-12-65 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
11889 | 30-12-7 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell (in poor condition) A man, a lion, a bull & a gazelle fighting. | |
11528 | 30-12-8 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell much decayed. Subject: a man & 2 lions rampant against a deer? upside down. | |
11978 | 30-12-9 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Decayed, but design visible of fighting animals. | |
13515 | 31-17-117 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting. | |
13521 | 31-17-118 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. White. 2 registers. Imperfect condition. Above: banquet scene, 3 seated figures, two of them sucking drink through a tube the third approached by a standing figure third approached by a standing figure. Below: two rows and a spread eagle. | |
![]() | 14041 | 31-17-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above; bird-headed men sucking drink from a bowl through a tube. Below; spread eagle and a pair of goats. |
15043 | 31-17-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Presentation. Star in crescent. Inscription dNin-gal-nam-nin-kho-ul dumu lu-dingir-ra N. son of L. scribe. HC.103. | |
15309 | 31-17-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting. | |
13722 | 31-17-24 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1] | |
16653 | 31-43-154 | (none) | (none) | Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads. |
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Child Terms
Apatite - Aragonite - Calcite Group - Chlorite - Dolomite - Feldspar - Gypsum - Magnesite - Pigment - Serpentine - Semi-precious
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