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)
5 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. Very coarse grey steatite (?) edges badly chipped.
20 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite Greenish-grey. Seated figure of a divinity rt, before whom 5 standing figures.
80 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish white steatite. Subject, god seated rt. A minor deity introducing a worshipper: inscr. in 2 columns [drawing of inscription] 3rd Dynasty
125 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1]
126 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Coarse white marble (?) With black veins, chipped. Two birds: very rough work: late. [drawing 1:1]
141 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Gilgamesh (?) and lion, sacred tree and another human figure. Poor work and much worn.
160 (none) (none) (none) Conoid seal. Black steatite on base. A roughly sketched design almost recognizable. [drawing 1:1]
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.
173 (none) (none) (none) Vase: Lid. frs of;. Dark grary steatite. About 1/3rd preserved(in 2 pieces) decorated with incised double concentric circles dot centered.
174 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very poorly engraved. [drawing]
197 (none) 1923,1110.46 (none) Stand (?) [Crossed out] Mace-head Grey schist circular with large hole through the center: possibly stand for ceremonial pick??? Originally inlaid. [drawing]
208 (none) (none) (none) Mace head. White marble. Complete, but top moulding and one side chipped, and part of inscription missing. [Annotated] Dedication of mace head to Nannar bu Ur-Engur for his life. (1) Nannar. (2) lugal-a-ui. (3) Ur-Engur. (4) mtah-kal-gu. (5) lugal Uri-ki-ma. (6) lugal Ki-en-gi ki-uri ge. (7) (uam ti) - la-ui-su. (8) (um) - na-du. [Annotated] 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
231 (none) 1923,1110.41 (none) Stone vase. 4 fragments (of which 2 fit together) of a straight-sided bowl of dark steatite. On the outside, mythological scenes carved in relief - two-headed monster holding the horns of an ibex: another figure fighting serpentine beast: a lion: scorpions: fish, etc. On the inside, inscription. [Annotated] Drawing only [Annotated] Reg. Ins. 9
280 (none) 1923,1110.34 (none) Fragment of black stone vase. With circular depressions for inlay on side and bottom. The inlay remains in two cases. Four rows decreasing in size on side. Above bottom rim an inscription reading "Dungi, the mighty man, king..."
281 (none) 1923,1110.33 (none) Fragment of stone vessel. Showing lip and five rows of depressions for inlay. Shaped [drawing of shape]. Inscribed ".....king of Ur."
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.
309 (none) (none) (none) Fr of statuette. Base and feet only preserved. Steatite, dark There are holes pierced horizontally through the base as if to attach it to something
447 (none) (none) (none) Pyramidal seal. Black steatite. one half of Subject: a standing god rt; before him a standing worshipper l: between them a sacred column (?) and a scorpion.
448 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: a god standing and two worshippers one on each side of him. Very poor, scratchy work.

Related Terms

Igneous - Sedimentary

Child Terms

Greenstone - Marble - Quartzite - Schist - Slate

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