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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Painted: fragments. With reddish-brown paint on light red clay. Shape & design doubtful (fragments collected). |
| 15582 | 31-16-473 | (none) | (none) | Hematite (?) Lump. Found by the head of the body in a TO grave. | |
| 15813 | 31-17-124, 31-17-124 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed. | |
| 16008 | (none) | 1931,1010.4 | (none) | Diorite Bowl. Fragment. Dungi. Temple of Nin-gis-zida. Inscription HC..30/I,4 UET 8/2 (Hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16021 | 31-43-25, 31-43-25 | (none) | (none) | Steatite Cylinder seal. Nana son of Gudea,the jeweller. HC.30/I.7. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 16026 | 31-43-23 | (none) | (none) | Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragment. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 16104 | 31-43-54 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Presentation scene before seated deity. Palm tree. | |
| 16162 | 31-43-32 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. One end chipped. Presentation scene. One seated & 2 standing figures. | |
| 16229P | (none) | 1931,1010.176 | (none) | Weight 16.64 grs. Diorite. Dark grey. 2 sheqels. (nominal weight 16.832grs) Type VII. [drawing] |
| 16229Q | 31-43-124 | (none) | (none) | Weight 4.48 GRS. diorite(?). Grey. [drawing] 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208 grs.) Type XV. | |
| 16239X | 31-43-121 | (none) | (none) | Weight 0.832 GRS. Ovoid, with incised design on one side. Diorite, black. [drawing] 6 Little Sheqels (nominal weight 0.84 GRS.) Type I. | |
| 16240 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Grey diorite. To be weighed. [drawing] |
| 16252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight greenish-black diorite(?) to be weighed. Type VI. |
| 16253 | 31-43-266 | (none) | (none) | Weight 16.64 grs. long ovoid, Grey-green. 2 sheqels (nominal weight 16.832 grs.) Type ? | |
| 16262 | 31-43-37 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with standing god and three other figures. | |
| 16265 | 31-43-267 | (none) | (none) | Stone hammer. diorite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16266 | 31-43-282 | (none) | (none) | Stone adze. Grey diorite(?) [drawing 1:1] |
| 16268I | 35-1-48 | (none) | (none) | [G-N] Stone pounders. Pebbles, mostly natural shape, of hard stone, of different sorts, several of them bearing marks when they have been used for hammering gold, or where gold has been hammered on them. Most have been split by the heat when the temple was burnt. Amongst them are [O-Q] 3 worked tools, pounders. [drawing] |
| 16292A | (none) | 1931,1010.109 | (none) | Stone sculpture. Fragments. In diorite. (A) two clasped hands. (B) part of base of vase with toes of left foot. About the same scale and possible from the same figure. |
| 16292B | (none) | 1931,1010.110 | (none) | Stone sculpture. Fragments. In diorite. (A) two clasped hands. (B) part of base of vase with toes of left foot. About the same scale and possible from the same figure. |
| 16293 | 31-43-273 | (none) | (none) | Diorite pick. Originally hafted in wood. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16299 | (none) | 1931,1010.107 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Basic diorite. Heavy and coarse. Type? (recently JN30). [drawing] |
| 16313 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statue base. Fragment. Basic diorite. 5 toes only remain on a stand. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16348 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rubbing stone. Black Diorite. |
| 16421A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight Black diorite. Ovoid. 5 horizontal strokes (numerals) incised on one side. To be weighed. Type I. |
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