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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6842 | (none) | 1927,0527.183 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. White. 2 rampant lions - one side re-cut. E. |
| 7503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White calcite. Minor deity greeting major deity? Inscribed: Isib ^dNin-Subur (=Priest of Ninsubur, or nom. prop.) SAL-Ku-a [crossed out] Nin-a ba-ku(?)-ma(?)-ti |
| 7635 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type XXXIX = RC.89. |
| 7637 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Type LI. |
| 7638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type LII stone |
| 7645 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type III. |
| 7647 | (none) | 1928,1009.517 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type X stone. |
| 7649 | (none) | 1928,1009.500 | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. Yellowish and veined. Type XXXIX. |
| 7654 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White, yellowish veins. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Part of rim missing. Type LVI. |
| 7655 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Greenish. Broken but complete. Type XXIV stone. |
| 7807 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster vase fragment Rimus: ded. to Sin (from booty of Elam?) Lines 1-9 of an inscription identical with that of vase C, SAK p. 162 except line 2 which is ^dEN-ZU: NB.2 or 3 signs scratched on the base. HC 76 |
| 7840 | (none) | 1928,1009.421 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Inscribed A-gir-gal. Type 39 new. HC.43 [drawing] |
| 7937 | (none) | 1928,1009.510 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Veined. Broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type LVIII. |
| 7938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Portion of rim missing. Stone type LVII. |
| 7940 | 87-28-13 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim broken (and mended) and part missing. Stone type LVI. | |
| 7998 | (none) | 1928,1009.423 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Small vertical-sided bowl; covered with a cockle-shell containing green pigment. Type VI. |
| 7999 | (none) | 1928,1009.427 | (none) | Stone vase. Hemispherical bowl. White calcite(?) blackened by fire. Containing black substance, presumably a pigment. Type IX. |
| 8030 | (none) | 1928,1009.494 | (none) | White calcite vase Type LXIII |
| 8091 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Plaque of yellowish white calcite. Intended for inlay: thick, with 2 holes bored at the back to meet, for the wire holdfast. |
| 8102 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Calcite. White. Part of rim missing. Stone type _. |
| 8122 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Part of rim missing. Type I. stone. |
| 8134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. Grey. Veined. Blackened by fire. Portion of rim missing. Type LXV stone. |
| 8187 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. The surface a good deal decayed and part of the rim gone. Type LVII |
| 8215 | (none) | 1928,1009.503 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type LVII. |
| 8216 | (none) | 1928,1009.507 | (none) | Stone bowl of strongly veined calcite. Type LXXI. |
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