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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 296 | (none) | 1923,1110.26 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase, rim. Inscription of Dungi, only titles. Placed in IN/No.1 |
| 6361 | (none) | 1927,0527.31 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. En-an-ni-pad-da priest of nannar son of Urdbau patesi of Lagash. E. |
| 263 | (none) | 1923,1110.21 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscription of Rimus king of Agade, duplicate of U.206. Placed in IN/ No. 1. |
| 6365 | (none) | 1927,0527.67 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. Linear inscription on the flat rim of the mouth. To d'ama-geshtin [x ], wife of Usal, for her life, for her children, has devoted this. E. H.C. |
| 6362 | (none) | (none) | B16207, B16207 | Fragment of alabaster vase. To Ningal, his lady, for the life of Sumuili, the mighty man, king of Ur?(P/16207) H.C. E |
| 260 | (none) | 1923,1110.15 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase.Inscribed. Dedication by a SAL.ME priestess. Joined to U.248 and 257. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 261 | (none) | (none) | B14970 | Fragment of alabaster vessel. Inscription "Votive offering for Nannar." Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 6363 | (none) | (none) | B16205 | Fragment of an Alabaster Stela of Rim-Sin. Rebuilds E-nun-azag to (Nin-Gal). E. |
| 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. |
| 251 | (none) | 1923,1110.20 | (none) | Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by a king of the Akkad dynasty. |
| 253 | (none) | 1923,1110.20 | (none) | Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by Rimush of Agade. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 11676 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Vase (calcite) part of 3 signs. |
| 16529A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. Sin-igid(am). H.C. 30/III,2 |
| 16701 | (none) | 1931,1010.224 | (none) | Glass beads. Fragment of a green and white lentoid with combed pattern-large existing. And a few smaller glass double conoids bleached white, 2 dark green. 1 white calcite(?) lentoid. |
| 15305B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A and D] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (B) String of 10 large beads from neck; calcite, chalcedony, steatite, copper and jasper; (C) String of small beads, lapis, agate, crystal, carnelian. |
| 12371E | (none) | 1929,1017.373 | (none) | Group: [A.1-.3] 3 silver wire spiral coil earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis large fluted ball beads. [C] Copper pin with ball head VI B. [D] Slender copper needle. [E] Cylinder seal, white calcite. |
| 12711C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper dagger. Type II E. [B] (2) Copper reticule. [C] (3) Stone bowl. Calcite. Type LI. [drawing 2:5] [D] (4) Carnelian bugle beads - three probably worn round forehead. [E] (5) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXIV. [drawing 3:5] [F] (6) Silver earring. 1 1/2 spiral coils lunate ended. [G] (7) Copper vase. Cylindrical. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5] [H] (8)Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. [I] (9) Copper axe. Type XX. [J] (10) Bowl greyish stone. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type XVIII. [K] (11) Beads small lapis and silver double conoids. Carnelian lentoids. [drawing 1:5] [L] (12) Cylinder seal. Lentoid shaped. 2 registers. Gazelles (?). Lapis lazuli. |
| 12711E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper dagger. Type II E. [B] (2) Copper reticule. [C] (3) Stone bowl. Calcite. Type LI. [drawing 2:5] [D] (4) Carnelian bugle beads - three probably worn round forehead. [E] (5) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXIV. [drawing 3:5] [F] (6) Silver earring. 1 1/2 spiral coils lunate ended. [G] (7) Copper vase. Cylindrical. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5] [H] (8)Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. [I] (9) Copper axe. Type XX. [J] (10) Bowl greyish stone. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type XVIII. [K] (11) Beads small lapis and silver double conoids. Carnelian lentoids. [drawing 1:5] [L] (12) Cylinder seal. Lentoid shaped. 2 registers. Gazelles (?). Lapis lazuli. |
| 12678D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper pin with bent head - on the top a lapis cube with a silver cap. Top missing. [B] (2) Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps in upper and under side Type V B. [C] Cylinder seal. Shell. Decayed. Subject: rampant animals. [D] Stone bowl miniatures. Nicked rim. Calcite. [Type] XLIII. [drawing] |
| 12706D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. Badly broken. [B] (2) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Men fighting rampant animals. [C] (3) Copper bowl. Hemispherical [Type] III. [D] (4) Beads. Lapis and carnelian lentoids, lapis barrels and double conoids, carnelian rings, silver balls, square chalcedony (diamond shaped in section) calcite bead similar in type. [E] (5) Amulet in shape of a silver frog. [F] ( 6) Silver ear (?) ring 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. |
| 12703E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Silver earring, 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. [B] (2) Copper pin Type V B. Lapis ball head. [C] (3) Lapis and silver double conoids and diamonds, lapis and carnelian bugles and carnelian barrels. [D] (4) Silver finger ring. [E] (5) Stone vase white calcite variant, Type I. |
| 12707A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B. |
| 12707B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B. |
| 12704A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
| 12704B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
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