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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16026 | 31-43-23 | (none) | (none) | Steatite Cylinder seal. Fragment. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 17120 | 31-43-207 | (none) | (none) | Amulet of dark grey steatite in form of a tortoise [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16617 | 31-43-204 | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. Black steatite. | |
| 17433 | 31-43-202 | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu amulet. Steatite. | |
| 16408 | 31-43-2 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 17322 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Light brown. Trial piece. Unfinished. |
| 16427 | 31-43-173 | (none) | (none) | Head of a ram. Dark steatite. Cult object for fixing on a pole. The neck and head made in 2 pieces; the eyes originally inlaid (inlay missing); perfect except for chips out of one horn and the ears. The neck and the head are covered with a fleece conventially rendered in small locks, the face smooth, the horns crinkled. Very good work. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17332 | 31-43-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. 3 geese (?). | |
| 17056 | 31-43-159 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Amethyst oval, flat on our side, convex on the other. Quartz lentoids and double conoids. Jasper lentoid. Agate barrels and lentoids. Granite double conoid. Black steatite amulet, on oval shaped stamp seal with an animal figure engraved thereon surmounted by a squatting lion. Glass paste scaraboid bead. Carnelian double conoids. | |
| 16795.1 | 31-43-148 | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Beads: glass paste: balls, lentoids, pear-shaped beads, 1 variegated glass bugle bead-combed decoration. Also carnelian, agate and steatite; and some worked yellow glazed beads. | |
| 17357 | 31-43-142 | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 Mother of pearl (?) ball. Glass paste bugles and double conoids. Carnelian double conoids, ring beads. 1 steatite double conoid. 1 pale lapis lazuli (?) bugle. | |
| 16239R | 31-43-120 | (none) | (none) | Weight 2.24 GRS. Steatite, lentoid. black. Type II. | |
| 16239O | 31-43-119 | (none) | (none) | Weight 1.92 GRS. Long ovoid. Steatite. grey-green. 13 Little sheqels (nominal weight 1.82 grs.) cf. 16239N. Type III. | |
| 16239G | 31-43-117 | (none) | (none) | Bar-weight 2.88 grs. Diorite. Green. [Drawing] 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) Type ? III | |
| 16229J | 31-43-115 | (none) | (none) | Weight 26.22 GRS. Pebble. Ovoid. Grey. Probably 1&1/2 sheqels (?) (Nominal weight 25.248 GRS.) Type I | |
| 16429M | 31-43-114 | (none) | (none) | Weight Greenish-black steatite. Thus: [drawing]. 3 incised strokes on side. Too chipped for weighing. Type II. | |
| 17121A | 31-43-10 | (none) | (none) | Seals. Two steatite plaques, rectangular and oblong, flat on one side and gabled on the other, the gabled side pierced perhaps for a metal ring handle. A) [drawing 1:1] thus, with rough design of a scorpion. B) smaller but apparently with the same design (much worn) | |
| 15310C | 31-17-98 | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Narrow gold ribbon spirally twisted: (B) Gold finger ring made from a strip of thin metal with the edges curled over to imitate 2 solid hoops; (C) Beads from necklace: carnelian, lapis, gold, hematite, agate, steatite: for order see field notes.; (D) Small gold and lapis ball head; (E) Small lapis & carnelian beads (only about 5 altogether, mixed in box with (D). See Field Notes. | |
| 15797 | 31-17-88 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White steatite(?) Double ended. Monkey and bear. | |
| 13663 | 31-17-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100. | |
| 15474 | 31-17-21 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 scorpions. | |
| 15478 | 31-17-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion. | |
| 14489 | 31-17-16 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. | |
| 15479 | 31-17-130 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Chariot drawn by an antelope(?) headed by a man. Emblem-spread eagle. | |
| 15307 | 31-17-126 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. 2 men & 2 scorpions. |
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