Calcite
Calcite is a very common and widespread mineral that comes in a variety of forms and colors. It ranges in color appearing as white, colorless, gray, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, and orange. It has a moh's hardness of 3.
Calcite is a very common and widespread mineral that comes in a variety of forms and colors. It ranges in color appearing as white, colorless, gray, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, and orange. It has a moh's hardness of 3.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15776 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone beaker. Cut down. White calcite. |
| 15802 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Miniature animal. White calcite? |
| 16259 | 31-43-306 | (none) | (none) | White calcite plate. RC.28. [drawing] | |
| 16319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 37 beads. Agate lentoids, carnelian balls, glazed frit double conoids, 1 lapis lazuli double conoid, 1 rectangular calcite bead, carnelian barrels, 1 gold double conoid with ridged ends. |
| 16336 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature vase. White translucent calcite. [drawing] |
| 16351A | 31-43-167 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] A pair of calcite beads. Lentoid-lozenge-shaped in section. One end of second bead missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, white calcite. Fragment. Very fine veined translucent stone with ring base. [drawing] |
| 16432 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spill-vase, white calcite. Fragment. |
| 16529B | 52-30-66 | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl. Fragment. Sin-igis(am) H.C. 30/III,2. |
| 16529A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. Sin-igid(am). H.C. 30/III,2 |
| 16531 | 31-43-250, 31-43-250 | (none) | (none) | Mace head, white calcite. Fragment. Naram-Sin: dedication to KA-DI. H.C. 30/III,4 |
| 16532 | 31-43-251 | (none) | (none) | White calcite mace-head Fragment. Rimush. H.C. 30/111, 3. |
| 16533 | 31-43-253, 31-43-253 | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl, small fragment. Ur-(Nammu). H.C. 30/III, 5. |
| 16539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl fragment, white calcite. Dungi. H.C. 30/I, 10 |
| 16555 | 31-43-20, 31-43-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11 | |
| 16703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Glass balls and rings; 1 yellow glass paste double conoid; carnelian balls and rings; 1 white calcite(?) ball. |
| 16774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian balls; 1 large carnelian lentoid; 1 agate barrel; 2 flattened calcite lentoids. |
| 17106 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of statuette. In white calcite. Trunk of draped female figure, standing, with hands clasped below breasts. She wears an undergarment cut low in the neck with embroidered edge and, covering the right shoulder, a cloak or shawl which straight down against the body: or it may be a single garment wrapped round the body and passing under the left arm, across the back and over the right shoulder. Head and body below hips and left upper arm all missing, the surface much worn. |
| 17117A | 31-43-194 | (none) | (none) | Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken. |
| 17117B | 31-43-195 | (none) | (none) | Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken. |
| 17183 | 31-43-281 | (none) | (none) | White calcite vase. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17235 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl. (fragment) Remains of the inscription of a king: (?-^dEN)ZU. HC. |
| 17390 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part missing. [drawing 2:5] |
| 17408 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Glass paste. Copper. Sard. Calcite. Granite. For order see field note. |
| 17833 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statuette of reclining dog (?). Calcite. Originally, colored bright red (some of color left) with eyes filled in with black. The beast has a ruff and a bushy tail. A hole is pierced from the top of the back to the stomach. On the under side a seal cutting (much perished) showing animals mostly cut with the drill. |
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