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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Bel-Marduk holding two rampant bulls - crescent and star. Time of Assyrian influence about BC 800. B. |
| 6232 | (none) | 1927,0527.179 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Kneeling man between two rampant lions. A standing hero seizes one lion by the tail. About BC 2200. |
| 6252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. God Martu carrying club. Gilgamesh with spouting vase. Naked votary of Ishtar. Turtle. Inscription dMartu. B. |
| 6261 | (none) | (none) | B16314 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, Minor god and votary. Inscription doubtful. About BC 2200. [drawing] | |
| 6268 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. Worshipper introduced by an assistant goddess to a god like Shamash stepping forward and armed with a sword and scimitar. Ma-au-sum son of Ludingi-ra? About BC 2100. B. |
| 6271 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscription, winged dragon and winged dragon attacked by Enkidu and Gilgamesh. :u-ab-ba (?) spm pf : dpu-sag. About 2400 BC. E. |
| 6272 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Square marble block. Grey. E. |
| 6275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. Worshipper led by hand. Samas-pa-e son of Abbakalla; IIIrd Ur Dynasty. B. |
| 6279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Black marble? Fragmentary. E. |
| 6293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. With inscription. Presentation to a seated goddess (Bau?) Crescent and bird. ( )lu dNinni? (son) of (servant of). About BC 2300 B |
| 6296 | (none) | (none) | B16291 | Cylinder seal. Brown marble? Inscribed. Pierced. 3 crouching antelopes (one reversed). Before BC 3000. E. | |
| 6297 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Marble. Fragmentary. Traces of an inscription. Presentation to a seated goddess. About BC 2800. B. |
| 6300 | (none) | (none) | B16217, B16217 | Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with Copper Figure U.6301. "To dDim-tab-ba, his lady, Shulgi, the "mighty hero, the king of Ur, the king of "Sumer and Akkad, has built her house." CF. U.6157, U.6302, U.6304. E. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2) E |
| 6302 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with copper figure U.6303. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba. Same inscription as U.6300, U.6157. B. Text: Dim-tab-ba (2). B. |
| 6304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with copper figure U.6303. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba. Same inscription as U.6300 to U.6303, U.6157. Text: Dim-tab-ba (2). B. |
| 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. |
| 6406 | (none) | (none) | B16304 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400. | |
| 6411 | (none) | 1927,0527.150 | (none) | Pendant. Brown marble. Helmet shaped. Design in relief of a fish? At flat end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6430 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White marble. Pear shaped. B. [drawing] |
| 6436B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal. Black steatite. Helmet shaped. Pierced at sides. Flate base for seal impression. Worshipper, altar and crescent. Neo-Babylonian. B. |
| 6465A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite box. Fragment. Dark green. Incised zig-zag and circular decoration. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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] |
| 6479 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation to seated god. Crescent on pole. About BC 2200. B. |
| 6482 | (none) | 1927,0527.184 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Weatherworn. Presentation to a standing god. About BC 2200. |
| 6488 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble palette? Mottled. Flate one side, curved on the other, rounded at corners. Hole pierced in each corner. E. |
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Greenstone - Marble - Quartzite - Schist - Slate
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