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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)
10764 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal Black steatite Crude second-rate cutting Male figure with head resembling a deaths head, standing between 2 tall rampant bipeds with long bills. Behind each a rampant beast, one of which is a lion; beyond the lion a tree, a bird-headed male figure wearing a (fork diadem)? and a vertical wavy line representing running water.
10840 (none) (none) (none) Beads One fairly large carnelian lentoid, carnelian rings, gold balls, and a few dark steatite lentoids
10852 (none) 1928,1010.421 (none) Vase Greenish grey steatite [drawing] Type [struck out: "44 (new)"] to be drawn as 74 On the flat rim is incised a bulls leg
10968 87-28-19 (none) (none) Dark steatite Bowl. In fragments.
10969 87-28-20 (none) (none) Dark steatite Bowl. Finely polished. In fragments.
10987 (none) (none) B16895 Cylinder Seal. Shell. Geometrical design. [drawing]
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.
11107 (none) 1928,1010.239 (none) Cylinder Seal. Marble. Greyish and mottled. Inscribed. Presentation scene: enthroned god and four figures advancing towards him. All the gods wear the horned headdress and three wear the flaunced kaukanes skirt. One has a plain skirt indicated by vertical radial lines running down from the waist; the introducing deity has a skirt with a division down the middle and a fringe at the bottom. This skirt is indicated by markings running down obliquely to a central vertical line that marks the division. All wear the cloak with one arm only exposed. The seated god appears to be enthroned on a mountain indicated by triangular blocks from the top of which rises a tree. Attributes: lightening? and one deity carries a staff? on the shoulder. Inscription e-zi(d) Ezid; dub-sar scribe. HC..213.
11143 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Very crude cutting. A seated goddes greeting a standing figure apparently legless. Behind throne a (spread eagle?) on an alter.
11150 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Brownish mottled marble. Enkidu and Eabani attacking a rampant lion from in front and from behind a third hero attacking a rampant bull. Standing upright in the ground a (throwing spear) with a loop. Slightly concave. Strong bold cutting. [drawing]
11181 (none) (none) (none) Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Handle type, rectangular. Scorpion. [drawing 1:1]
11182 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Birds and animals very roughly done.
11211 (none) (none) B17599 Beads. (7). 1 Flattened steatite double conoid-grey. 1 carnelian double conoid. 1 black steatite bead with incised markings; shaped like a truncated cone. 2 carnelian ring beads. 1 gold ring bead. 1 grey steatite bead square in section - tubular. [drawing 1:1]
11229 (none) (none) (none) Grey steatite Bowl. Carninated rim: below this 4 bands of incised triangles, and a band of incised diamonds round the flat rim. Broken and mended. [Type] 55(new). [drawing]
11401 30-12-23 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles.
11403 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene: goddess seated rt. with crescent moon above: a god introduces a worshipper. Behind, a column of inscription erased. Commonplace work of IIIrd. Dynasty type.
11405 30-12-39 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. White shell. Presentation scene: Seated goddess: before her a female worshipper introduced by a goddess.
11410 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: 2 men fighting a lion.
11415 30-12-48 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Grey steatite. (Found broken and in bad condition)
11420 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Mottled and veined steatite. Subject: presentation scene- a god seated rt. and four standing figures.
11426 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene, 1 seated and 2 standing figures.
11441B (none) (none) (none) Group. Consisting of [A](1) a spiral band of narrow gold ribbon (broken); [B](2) seven beads of agate, carnelian, steatite, shell (?), lapis, lapis, paste; [C](3) a copper pin 019 long (broken into 3 pieces).
11448 30-12-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. 2 winged animals, heraldically crossed.
11462A (none) 1929,1017.381 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Subject: seated deity & attendant. With this, probably fastened to it, was a (B) copper pin L. 012, same number L. 20mm D. 11mm
11472 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Small beads of glaze & silver with 1 triangular steatite spacer. Poor.

Related Terms

Igneous - Sedimentary

Child Terms

Greenstone - Marble - Quartzite - Schist - Slate

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