Diorite
This is usually dark gray to black in color. It is usually used as a building stone.
This is usually dark gray to black in color. It is usually used as a building stone.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7000 | (none) | (none) | B16309 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two heroes - (like Gilgamesh) 2 posts (supports for emblems) | |
| 7525 | (none) | (none) | B16901 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. 3 figures obliterated. Presentation scene before seated god bearing staff in left hand. IIIrd Dyn. of Ur. [drawing of scene] | |
 | 7534 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Diorite. Blue. Duck's head broken off. Type VI. |
| 7556 | (none) | (none) | B16886, B16886 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed: practically illegible? Scene of worship: Minor deity introducing worshipper to Nannar before whom stands the crescent moon on a staff. | |
| 7586 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Diorite. Blue grey. Bottom chipped. Type VI. |
| 7609 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Diorite. Black. modeled head reclining on back and at base webbed feet hitherto never represented on duck weights found at Ur. Type VI. |
| 7644 | (none) | 1928,1009.98 | (none) | Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire. |
| 7650 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Green. Small portion of rim missing. Type LIV stone. |
| 7651 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Green. Broken and riveted in antiquity. Type VII stone. |
| 7652 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Dark green. Basic diorite. Blackened by fire. Type LV stone |
| 7656 | (none) | (none) | B16865 | Cylinder seal. Marble. Mottled grey and black. Slightly concave. Gilgamesh fighting rampant lion; Enkidu fighting rampant bull; lion and bull back to back. c. 2800BC. | |
| 7680 | (none) | (none) | B16893 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Obliterated. Scene of worship. Votary led by the hands by minor deity towards seated presiding deity. | |
| 7825 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed duck weight Diorite. A crescent. of Dungi; weight 5 mana. B Type VI. HC.37. |
| 7830 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Socket. Diorite. UrNammu = 2749 etc. |
| 7920 | (none) | (none) | B16900 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Scene of worship before Nannar. Enthronoed Nannar wearing horned headdress extends right hand to greet 2 standing gods also wearing horned headdress and with left arm upraised. Attributes: crescent moon and spear? with a shaped top. | |
| 7939 | (none) | 1928,1009.521 | (none) | Stone vase. Diorite. Blue. Stone type LIX. |
| 7989 | (none) | (none) | B16864 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite with silver caps. Subject Gilgamesh and Eabana fighting bulls. (N.B.) part of the linen thread was preserved in the hole) | |
| 8025 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone rubber. Black diorite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish stone (basic diorite?). Anciently broken & rivetted. Found in fragments. Type _. |
| 8476 | (none) | (none) | B16887 | Cylinder seal Steatite Black Inscribed but illegible. Two heroes attacking a rampant lion. One grasps him by the tail, the other attacks from the front. | |
| 8993 | (none) | (none) | B16875 | Cylinder seal Dark greenish steatite. Very large with fine engraved scene: 3 human figures and 2 man-headed bulls crossed. | |
| 9028 | (none) | (none) | B16859 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 rampant lions crossed, on either side of them a rampant bull - also a star. | |
| 9100 | (none) | (none) | B16878 | Cylinder seal Black marble? Highly polished Course cutting Slightly concave Seated god within 2 gates of a shrine. 1 divinity knocking at each door | |
| 9192 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Green grey diorite (?) all the upper part broken to pieces and the bottom also missing [Type] ? |
| 9245 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Basic Diorite? Stone type XXI. (New 19) |
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