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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diorite statue of Dungi. Small inscribed fragment. andof (?)Simu(ru?). Dungi mighty hero, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world, dNin-sun of Ur (to her?) he (built or presented??) Two round holes for small copper rivets have been bored in the inscription. One still filled with copper. H.C. |
| 2813 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal Cylinder. Broken. Diorite. III Ur Dynasty. 2 lines of inscription defaced. Goddess seated on a bird. [drawing] dNannar ( )mu? Servant of Nannar. |
| 2820 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone wedge. Diorite; possibly uses as weight. |
| 2857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. About BC 2400 [drawing] |
| 3085 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Fragment. About BC 2600. Diorite. [drawing] |
| 3104 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statuette fragment. Black diorite: lower part of draped figure with flounced costume: feet broken off. |
| 3158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Votive stone of Utu-hegal (BC 2350). Fragment diorite. Text: (To Nin-)gal, (beloved wife of) Sin, (his lady), (for) the life, of Utu-hegal, king of Uruk, king of the (4 regions of the world) Ur ( dEngur?) vice [regent] of Ur, (to) the mother of E-gish(-shir)-gal in Ur... utu Hegal, king of the Vth uruk Dynasty before Ur dEngur. H.C. |
| 3159 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Diorite Statue with royal inscription (to Nannar) of Gimil-Sin. To ( ) his king Gimil (Sin) beloved of ( ), mighty king, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world. |
| 3160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of diorite statue? Shows crescent (like kudurru?) [drawing] |
| 3225 | (none) | 1927,1003.207 | (none) | Square seal. Diorite. Early Sumerian, Before BC 3200. [drawing] |
| 3231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of statue. Diorite. Few signs of an inscription. Time of 3rd Ur Dynasty. H.C. |
| 3237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Diorite. IIIrd Ur Dynasty. [drawing] |
| 3253 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of statue. Black diorite:: head of young person, finely modeled, broken off at base of skull: nose broken. Sketch. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (8) but date is probably 3rd Dynasty or earlier. [drawing] |
| 3291 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl - Diorite. Fragment. Inscription of: (To the god?) Ri-m(u-us), king of Kish, when (he defeated Elam?) |
| 3355 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of inscribed slab. Black diorite. Royal inscription? king of Larsa? H.C. |
| 3359 | (none) | 1927,1003.203 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing] |
| 6002 | (none) | (none) | B16287 | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Below, figure Gilgamesh? prostrate above, offering to Ea, heraldic animals, etc. c. BC 2300. ? Brick. VII | |
| 6005 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black and brown pebble diorite much worn; design practically lost. B |
| 6006 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead. Roughly cylindrical black diorite inscribed - Cut out of cylinder seal. B. |
| 6130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Incompletely pierced. Spread eagle siezing two lions. B. |
| 6276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pedestal of status. Black diorite. Fragmentary. Partially originally the base of the black diorite statue of King Dungi found nearby. Text: Dim-tab-ba temple(3) |
| 6306 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diorite STATUE of SHULGI. Mutilated. King standing with hands clasped as a worshipper. "To Nannar, his king, Shulgi, the mighty one "King of Ur (king of S and A), for his life, has "presented it. This statue: Nannar the wall (_________ so is the name of the statue)." King is dressed with a fringed shawl passing over the left shoulder. B. Photo 558 H.C. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple(3) |
| 6331 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Black diorite. About BC. 1900 (?) Inscription much defaced. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6352 | (none) | (none) | B16229 | Steatite(?) [diorite is struck through] statue of Ningal. Presented by Enannatum son of Ishme-Dagan For his life. Upper part broken. Inscript. on 3 sides of the throne. Ur Texts, Vol. I, No. 103 E. CLW. Enter in catalog, Vol. VII HC. | |
| 6353A | (none) | 1927,0527.4 | (none) | [A-G] Door Socket of Ur-nammu. Diorite. To Ningal his lady Ur-Nammu, the mighty man, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad her Gig-par-azag-ga, has built. 4 to E [UPM and BM] 3 to B [Baghdad] |
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