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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 448 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: a god standing and two worshippers one on each side of him. Very poor, scratchy work. |
| 449A | (none) | (none) | B14963 | [A-F] Marble vase. In coarse white marble. Five [Crossed out] Six [Written above] fragments of, showing remains of a frieze of waterpots with water pouring out symmetrically from them. Drawing photo 65. | |
| 495 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scarab. White steatite. Inscr. [drawing] |
| 496 | (none) | (none) | B15255 | Scarab. Green glaze. Inscr. [drawing] | |
| 497 | (none) | (none) | B15250 | Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing] | |
| 517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl of black steatite. |
| 604 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone gaming piece(?) White marble. Chipped at base. [drawing 1:1] |
| 605 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone gaming piece(?) White marble. [drawing 1:1] |
| 606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very much worn: defaced remains of 3 standing figures. |
| 628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very roughly engraved in scratching line work with what probably meant for human figures. |
| 629 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Well engraved with standing figure of a suppliant l. facing a seated goddess(?) rt = the crescent moon between. Three columns of inscription. 3rd Dynasty style. |
| 648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. 2 standing figures of a man being introduced by a god the latter with Sumerian flounced dress, then 2 columns of inscription, then (indistinct), a palm with drooping symmetrical date-clusters. Good engraving of 3rd dyn. style. |
| 649 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject, adorant being introduced to a seated goddess (?) = 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy engraving. |
| 685 | (none) | (none) | B15249 | Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing] | |
| 776 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 fig of adorants approaching a god l. with crescent above: behind, 4 small fig. in 2 registers: good work. |
| 790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: man fighting lion(?) : traces of 1 column inscription erased. Poor work. |
| 847 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and his friend killing their favorite winged gryphon. Fairly good work. |
| 889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble bowl fragment of in coarse white marble. |
| 891 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble bowl fragment of very roughly worked and the inside chiseled out instead of being bored or ground- perhaps unfinished. |
| 912 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White marble bowl. Fragment of Roughly cut, and surface a good deal decayed. |
| 977 | (none) | (none) | B14978 | Stone bowl. | |
| 1001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite plaque. One side flat, one convex. Rectangular. Uninscribed. Sent to Baghdad. Found with U.1000 |
| 1043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black and white marble. Large, rather coarsely engraved. Men and beasts, subjects. |
| 1044 | (none) | (none) | B15271 | Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing] | |
| 1045 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Large with coarsely engraved scenes of animal, etc. |
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Greenstone - Marble - Quartzite - Schist - Slate
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