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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
| 16272 | 31-43-252, 31-43-252 | (none) | (none) | Marble Mace-head. fragment of. inscribed: Dingir gi (mil-dSin?) ki-ag dingir en-lil........ Gimil-Sin (?), beloved of the god, Enlil...... HC. BC. Dungi-room I Text: Dungi Many 10 App I (3) VI |
| 6488 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble palette? Mottled. Flate one side, curved on the other, rounded at corners. Hole pierced in each corner. E. |
| 307 | (none) | 1923,1110.50 | (none) | Marble relief. Fr showing feathers or hair, possibly one side of a coiffure: certainly intended for inlay: hole in the back for fixing something (a face?) in the center. |
| 6311 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble vase. Fragment of Gudea. (To the goddess) NIN-MAR-KI, his (lady) for the life of (GU)-DE-A, patesi of lagash-----(---has presented). Cf. the door-socket of Dungi to dNin-mar in her shrine at Girsu (=Lagash). Recovered probably at Tell-id (?) - SAKI. p.190 e.). -- H.C. B. |
| 6931 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature bowl. Steatite. Blue-grey. Ur. |
| 2909 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature frog. Black stone: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16745 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature Mould. Black steatite. For a dog figure. Part of hind leg missing. outline of back of mould. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature statuette. Black steatite. Grotesque nude male figure standing on round pedastal. Sagging knees, exaggerated back, and protruding belly, large flat feet: left arm bent at elbow and held close to waist. Right arm, forearm bent upward. Head resembles Puzuzu type, round flat close fitting hat. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16665 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature Terracotta ladle. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14416A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Model adze. Miniature. Steatite. Black. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17691 | (none) | 1932,1008.182 | (none) | Mould. Marble. Pendant, design indistinguishable. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10150 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Carnelian & lapis beads and one steatite: double conoids, barrel and bugle beads For order of stringing and details (?) |
| 10705A | (none) | 1928,1010.275 | (none) | Necklace Two string lower string- steatite diamonds, carnelian double conoids & barrels Upper string- minute lapis, carnelian& silver beads For order see Field Notes E |
| 10705B | (none) | 1928,1010.276 | (none) | Necklace Two string lower string- steatite diamonds, carnelian double conoids & barrels Upper string- minute lapis, carnelian& silver beads For order see Field Notes E |
| 2937A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace [D] including 15 beads carnelian-1 glass- 1 pebble- 3 crystal- 2 paste- 2 sard-and [A-C] three cylinder seals. (A) Red marble Assyrian influence about BC 700. [Drawing] (B) Hematite: Sun god rising sword in hand on mountain-3 lines inscription worn out-BC 2000. (C) Limestone [Drawing]. [E Tablet according to British Museum. Not attested on field card] |
| 13556 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Steatite, lapis and carnelian beads. 1 flattened calcite double conoid. For order see Field note. |
| 16374 | (none) | 1931,1010.237 | (none) | Necklace. Black steatite & white glass paste barrel beads. |
| 13042 | (none) | 1929,1017.324 | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, quartzite and steatite double conoid beads. |
| 11101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Gold ring beads. Carnelian double conoids. Agate barrels. Large flattened agate double conoid. White (steatite?) lentoid. Jasper double conoid. For order see Field Notes. |
| 6473 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant in shape of duck? Pink marble. Incision running diagonally across body below tail to mark wing? Pierced for suspension. ? Imitation lion's claw? B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14482 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Grey & white marble. Decorated with 2 rows of drill-point holes (the top is broken). [drawing 1:1] |
| 16660 | 31-43-286 | (none) | (none) | Pendant. -Volcanic(?) stone, mica schist-. Specular iron ore. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16121 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
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Greenstone - Marble - Quartzite - Schist - Slate
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