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) |
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10962 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. [drawing] | |
18489 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. [Type] 55. Bowl. White calcite. [drawing 2:5] | |
284 | (none) | (none) | B14937, B14937 | Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1. | |
11202 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Calcite Block. Shaped like a brick. | |
9743 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Calcite Bowl Poor condition Surface reddened and powdered through decay Type XVIII | |
9724 | (none) | (none) | B17136 | Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII | |
11675 | (none) | 1929,1017.61 | (none) | Calcite Bowl. Fragment. Dedication by a King of Ur: name mostly broken: possibly Mes-ki-ag-nun of 1st. Dyn.? | |
10746 | (none) | (none) | B16919, B17087 | Calcite Lamp Translucent. White Decorated with a man-headed couchant bull in relief. Head horned and bearded. Beard, mane, and all hairy portions of body painted black. Much of paint remains and has been preserved. | |
11132 | (none) | 1935,0113.756 | (none) | Calcite Vase. badly broken. Virtually complete. | |
10323 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal Calcite? White. 2 lapis caps inserted into the ends of the seal present a flat lapis surface thus giving the seal the appearance of having a solid lapis core. 2 registers: Upper: Enthroned deity in front of a (champagne?) vase out of which rises (corn?) 2 bird-headed figures wearing sheep-skin skirts approach it. Between them the crescent moon: one carries an offering vase. On either side of each palm a bird-headed figure. | |
9310 | (none) | (none) | B17009 | Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba | |
8389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals. | |
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 | |
19196 | (none) | 1935,0112.40 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Broken and mended, the surface a good deal perished. Fighting animals. | |
13542 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Very poor condition. Rampant lions crossed. | |
19130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Translucent calcite. Geometric. | |
19205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Translucent greenish calcite. Two registers: above, banquest scene. Below, men and animals. The stone somewhat decayed and the seal partly defaced by adhering copper. | |
13574 | (none) | 1930,1213.518 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White calcite. Rampant lions, gazelles and bird-headed men. | |
19214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White calcite. Two registers: above, a hero fighting beasts. Below, a row of animals. The stone somewhat blistered and distorted. | |
686 | (none) | 1923,1110.189 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A seated god: before him an altar behind which a standing god introducing an adorant: behind, the remains of 2 columns of inscription. Work poor and inscription very scratchy.[drawing] | |
12667 | (none) | 1929,1017.380 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Greenish. Bird headed men, shock headed and rampant beads, (lions and antelopes). | |
13515 | 31-17-117 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting. | |
12040 | (none) | 1929,1017.385 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Calcite. Light green. Translucent. 2 antelopes. | |
19485 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Rough and primitive design of fish (?) | |
13516 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Rampant lions crossed, rampant gazelle, bird-headed(?) warriors. |
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