Hematite

Hematite can be metallic or nonmetallic, and is micaceous and foliated. It can be identified by its red streak. Its color is steel-grey to black in crystals, dull to bright red in fine grained material. It has a moh's hardness of 5-6.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
114	(none)	(none)	(none)	Haematite Weight (?). [drawing 1:1] Type III
515	(none)	(none)	(none)	Haematite weight. [Below] Very thin and long. Inscribed III. Inscribed III Type III
1202	(none)	1924,0920.52	(none)	Haematite boar's head. (small : side broken away.) [drawing 1:1]
1410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1507	(none)	(none)	B15731	Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia]
1555	(none)	1924,0920.51	(none)	Amulet. Hematite. Recumbant cat; pierced for suspension, with holes for inlay eyes. [drawing 1:1]
2934	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily.
3082	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. 1st Babylonian Dynasty. Two such worshipping figures on either side of the inscription. A-bi i-li-su son of Su-u-ma a-bu-um servant of dNin-sah. [drawing]
3358	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small mace head. Hematite: apple-shaped with slight excrescence at one end of hole. [drawing 1:1]
6008	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Black hematite.
6064	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small duck weight. Black hematite. Type VI. [drawing 1:1]
6091	(none)	(none)	B16311	Cylinder seal. Black basalt. Nannar, minor god and votary. E.
6103	(none)	1927,0527.52	(none)	Weight. Black hematite. Wedge shaped. E. Fragmentary. Type V.
6105	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Minor god introducing votary carrying gazelle as gift to major god who holds a wand in his left hand. Inscription: dNin-suh sukkal-zid-anna gispa-azag su-du. To Nin-Suh. the pure messenger of heaven carrying the bright scepter. B
6146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight. Black hematite. Type?
6178A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178B	(none)	1927,0527.49	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178C	(none)	1927,0527.50	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178E	(none)	1927,0527.51	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178F	(none)	1927,0527.53	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6255	(none)	(none)	B16306	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Shamash with horned mitre and notched sword in hand steps on a crouching bull a worshipper brings a kid as an offering. The god Martu with a short club in hand, short garment and a round woolen turban is followed by a worshipper with clasped hands, and a servant. Two small figures - a bifrons with clasped hands and a nude servant with libation cone in hand. About BC 1900. E.
6256A	(none)	1927,0527.46	(none)	[A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256B	(none)	1927,0527.48	(none)	[A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6256C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.