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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 211 | (none) | (none) | B14967 | Stone vase. Fr. of. Fine-grained black stone. On the outside, carved in low relief an animal strongly resembling a pig, but with a bushy tail stands on its hind legs (L), one front paw resting on a conventional mountain. The work is rather crude but vigorous. The vase is of unusual form for a stone vase, section more or less, thus [referencing drawing], the foot being made in a separate piece. [drawing] |
| 7500 | (none) | 1928,1009.431 | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment. Blue steatite. Carved in low relief. On left, portion of man's left arm and waist and on right, a beast with head bent downwards, one horn complete one fragmentary. Above, fragment of a scorpion? Possibly a portion of fragmentary vase of similar material in low relief U.231 found in 1925 dedicated by Rimush of Agade c.2650 BC. [drawing 1:1] BM could not trace this object in May 1935. (proper to Vol. VII) |
| 12179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. Grey steatite. Badly broken. Beaker shaped. [drawing] |
| 11546 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Grey steatite. Bell-shaped bowl (broken but complete). Type LXVI. |
| 11545 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Grey steatite. Bell-shaped bowl. Type LXII. |
| 18466 | (none) | 1933,1013.153 | (none) | Stone vase. Grey steatite. Type 60. [drawing 1:1] |
| 12230 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. Grey steatite? beaker type with squared base? Very badly broken. |
| 18717 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White marble. [Type] 50. [drawing] |
| 18110 | (none) | 1932,1008.82 | (none) | Stone weight. Greenish steatite. Inscribed at one end [drawing of cuneiform characters]. Type XIX. [drawing 1:1] |
| 223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet of dark steatite. Broken across. Inscribed on both flat face and rounded back: on the face 8 1/2 lines of broken text remain, on the back 7 and a small bit. [Annotated] Dedication to Adad by Rim-Sin. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad. |
| 222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet of Dark steatite. Complete. Inscription on face with text in 7 registers and on back with one line. [Annotated] Dedication of a temple by Dungi to Min-Sak. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad. |
| 219 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Dark green-grey steatite. Fragment. Face flat, inscribed: the central part of the text has been destroyed by hammering. The back is rounded and plain: it also shows hammer marks. [Annotated] Records the name of certain objects dedicated. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad. |
| 220 | (none) | 1923,1110.38 | (none) | Tablet. Dark steatite. Fragment only Inscribed on both sides. [Annotated] Probably concerns the building of E-temen-ni-il. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 6870A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tool? Black steatite. Fragmentary. One handle lost. Semi-circular and slightly convex with two handles, one on either side of base turning into concave face. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18352 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tortoise of grey steatite. L. 23mm |
| 6999 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tortoise. Miniature. 2 legs missing and broken at back. Black steatite. Criss cross markings. |
| 12630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tortoise. Miniature. Steatite. Grey. |
| 20053 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Trial piece. Fragment of white marble vase on which a gem-cutter's sketch for a seated figure of a goddess. On the reverse, another similar figure and some cuneiform signs. |
| (none) | 31-43-4 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-43-48 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 32-40-337 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-181 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-182 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-183 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-184 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
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