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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12681 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Slightly concave. Hero fighting 2 rampant lions crossed. |
| 12795A | 30-12-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Squat furniture type. Poor cutting. Stags? In procession and signs of doubtful import. | |
| 20064 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Two standing figures and a tree. |
| 1636 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. With roughly engraved device of introduction ceremony, and inscription of 2 lines. Ur-dub: dumu Ur-d.Kal |
| 17705 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Woman being presented by goddess to major goddess; geese beneath, in lower half. |
| 17708 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Woman being presented by goddess to seated major goddess; crescent between goddesses; geese beneath. |
| 230 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Upper part of = White marble (?) burnt to the consistency of French chalk. Remains of rather fine engraving of 3rd Dynasty style. |
| 18182 | (none) | 1932,1008.175 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White marble. A double row of horizontal slashes. |
| 6595A | (none) | 1927,0527.193 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White pottery. Rampant bull and tree of life. Crescent. About BC 700. |
| 1051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White quartzite. Chipped. Figures. |
| 11405 | 30-12-39 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Presentation scene: Seated goddess: before her a female worshipper introduced by a goddess. | |
| 167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White Steatite [crossed out] crystalline marble, burnt: poor condition. Subject: seated god rt; before him an altar, then 2 standing figs l. and remains of column of inscription. |
| 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. |
| 6997 | (none) | 1927,0527.178 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. Poor condition. Inscribed. Scene of worship. Votary introduced to seated god. About BC 2400. |
| 8041 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. Scene: Gilgamesh(?) and 4 rampant animals, in the centre 2 bulls heraldically crossed, flanking them 2 lions. |
| 17607 | (none) | 1932,1008.173 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. Solid type, unpierced with 2 columns of inscription, roughly done, and no figures. |
| 16311 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Yellowish steatite. Gilgamesh, Eabani, and rampant lion. |
| 16606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder. Greenish grey steatite. (cf . U.16743). [drawing 1:1] |
| 11661 | 30-12-37 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder. Grey steatite. 2 persons saluting crescent on staff. Inscribed : SudMI-IB dumu Ku-edin dam-gar. | |
| 11671 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder. Steatite. Presentation to Goddess preseded by goose & crescent cf. U.11670. Inscription: KUIA-NINNI-mes dumu Mes-ma-la-na. |
| 10969 | 87-28-20 | (none) | (none) | Dark steatite Bowl. Finely polished. In fragments. |
| 10968 | 87-28-19 | (none) | (none) | Dark steatite Bowl. In fragments. |
| 224 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dark Steatite vase. fr. of rim. On the outside, carved in relief in very fine and free style: a male figure kneeling on l knee, body l, face front, holds up 2 vases of water each vase being grasped round the neck by the hand of other figures (mostly missing) in similar positions. |
| 16129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Decorated bowl. Fragment. Dark green steatite. Rosette decoration. [drawing] |
| 6550 | (none) | (none) | B16352 | Domino or Inlay? Black steatite square, one face like 5 of domino. E. [drawing 1:1] |
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