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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18572 | 33-35-111 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Grey transluscent calcite. Same type as U.18571, (JN.57) but without the slight plate base. Rim much chipped. JN.59. |
| 18677 | 33-35-110 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Translucent white calcite. Badly smashed and surface decayed. Much distorted. [Type] JN4. [drawing] |
| 18516 | 33-35-100 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Banded limestone. [Type] 10. [drawing] |
| 18560 | 33-35-100 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Translucent banded white calcite. [Type] 27. [drawing] | |
| 17835A | 32-40-308 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing] | |
| 18142C | 32-40-260 | (none) | (none) | Beads. A collection of mixed stone beads. The majority of stalagmite calcite, plain milky calcite, black and white granite, marble, steatite, pink limestone, jasper etc. ? Third dynasty. |
| 16259 | 31-43-306 | (none) | (none) | White calcite plate. RC.28. [drawing] | |
| 17183 | 31-43-281 | (none) | (none) | White calcite vase. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16533 | 31-43-253, 31-43-253 | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl, small fragment. Ur-(Nammu). H.C. 30/III, 5. |
| 16532 | 31-43-251 | (none) | (none) | White calcite mace-head Fragment. Rimush. H.C. 30/111, 3. |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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] | |
| 14271 | 31-17-59 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis lazuli barrels and a triangular calcite pendant. | |
| 12771A | 31-17-319A | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid]. | |
| 14258 | 31-17-133 | (none) | (none) | 3 large lentoid beads: 1 gold and 2 calcite(?). |
| 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. | |
| 13515 | 31-17-117 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting. | |
| 15771 | 31-16-466 | (none) | (none) | Stone. Bowl. Yellowish calcite. [drawing] | |
| 15135 | 31-16-463 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Smashed. |
| 14328 | 31-16-458 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Badly smashed. |
| 14057 | 31-16-449 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Badly smashed. Type LXI. [drawing] |
| 14033 | 31-16-445 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Portion of rim missing. Type XI. [drawing] |
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