Metamorphic
This category contains any rock type that has been subjected to different temperature and pressure conditions.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11954 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Pinkish marble. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11983A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder Seal. Dark steatite. 3 [regetration? illegible] gods & attendants. With it [B] copper pin with plain rounded head. |
| 11987 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. |
| 12004A | 30-12-36 | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder Seal Black Steatite with this a [B] copper pin, plain tang head. Type II. | |
| 12023 | 30-12-26 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Steatite. Men fighting. | |
| 12026 | 30-12-700 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey steatite. Type XXIII. [drawing] | |
| 12029 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Brown & black mottled. chipped at one end. Steatite. Presentation scene: bearded deities included bird god with anthropomorphis torso & head, ornithomorphic below waist. Emblems: (Flying?) fish & water? or lightening? |
| 12030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene including a deity that appears to be drakomorphic above, ichthyomorphic below waist. |
| 12071A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads: lapis double conoids; large and small, & 1 large lozenge-shaped (steatite)? bead. (B) Cockle shell, broken containing paint. |
| 12110 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Steatite. Grey. Type LXXV. [drawing] |
| 12112A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Cylinder seals & copper pin. (A) Steatite greenish: 2 registers; above, deer on mountains; below, men fighting animals. Poor cutting. (B) Shell, decayed. Figures & animals. Hopeless no photograph (C) Copper pin plain. |
| 12129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Steatite. Black. Originally filled in with red pigment, decorated with cable pattern - incised. Type 39 (new) |
| 12172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Steatite. Grey. Badly broken. Dimensions? |
| 12179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. Grey steatite. Badly broken. Beaker shaped. [drawing] |
| 12215 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Miniature. Dark grey steatite. Type IX. [drawing] |
| 12230 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. Grey steatite? beaker type with squared base? Very badly broken. |
| 12266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 large silver lentoids.; 2 large facetted lapis lazuli bugles; 1 large facetted carnelian double conoid, also fragment of a greenish steatite cylinder seal with horned deity. |
| 12299 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark steatite. Type XXIV. [drawing] |
| 12318 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming Pieces & Markers. 7 Gaming pieces. Squares of black steatite with a square hole bored into the middle of one face: inlaid red pastes; 6 squares of white shell with curved lines engraved in corners, in centre an engraved eye with inlaid lapis centre piece. 1-shell square, plain and engraved with the figure of a gazelle and in the background tall plants of the type commonly found on these plaques. 2-shell markers of thin rectangular strips engraved on the thin side with linear decoration. On the other 3 sides each end are 2 incised concentric circles. [drawing 1:1] |
| 12326 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell inlay. Soldier wearing a helmet and carrying a battle-axe. Hair done up in a chignon at back of head protruding beyond helmet: over left shoulder clothing in shape of a fleece, and under chin a beard; fleece & beard indicated by undulating lines. Head in profile, torso full face. All the incisions originally had black paint. Figure missing below waist- this must have been of some other material. This was found in conjunction with large pieces of slate that had evidently formed the framework to contain shell carvings, cf. Kish plaques. With the slate framework was found a large triangular piece of mother of pearl. |
| 12331 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene before seated god. Attributes: crescent moon, palm & poor cutting. |
| 12350A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal & Copper Pin. (A) Cylinder seal. Spread eagle. (B) Copper Pin. Circular in section. |
| 12491 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Circular box lid of fine white steatite (?) with flat-topped central knob handle. |
| 12577 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Inscription only. HC 26 |
| 12630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tortoise. Miniature. Steatite. Grey. |
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Greenstone - Marble - Quartzite - Schist - Slate
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