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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)
	8731	(none)	(none)	B17221	Rectangular paint? box. Limestone. Grey. Resting on 4 low legs. 5 holes 0025 deep and 002 in diam bored into the receptacle. One hole in the middle and one at each corner; two horizontal ribs decorated with vertical notches rim round the sides of the box. One leg missing - part of top missing. [drawing 1:3] sketch.
	2834	(none)	(none)	B16212	Royal inscription - in limestone. Small fragment. Probably (Nabonidus?) king of all the world, king? H.C.
	1367	(none)	(none)	B15322, B15322	Sandstone gate socket of Kurigalzu, with inscription similar to that of U.1208, 9 lines.
	17824	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sculptor's trial piece. On a fragment of white limestone. Sketch for seated god; for a cylinder seal.
	16994A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sculptor's trial pieces. (A) Limestone fragment with unfinished engraving of a seated figure : very roughly cut : might well be a study for a cylinder seal. (B) Limestone fragment. Standing figure of a nude man; head and arms broken away : shallow but fairly good work.
	16994B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sculptor's trial pieces. (A) Limestone fragment with unfinished engraving of a seated figure : very roughly cut : might well be a study for a cylinder seal. (B) Limestone fragment. Standing figure of a nude man; head and arms broken away : shallow but fairly good work.
	3235	(none)	1927,1003.196	(none)	Seal cylinder. Broken. Limestone. Archaic: before 3000 BC. [drawing]
	2893	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Greyish limestone. About BC 2400. [drawing]
	3083	(none)	1927,1003.204	(none)	Seal cylinder. Limestone. About BC 2200. Inscript to dShamash. [drawing]
	3257	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Limestone. About BC 2300. [drawing]
	3342	(none)	1927,1003.193	(none)	Seal Cylinder. White limestone. Worn. Worshipping the Tree of Life. Assyrian influence BC 1200 (?) [drawing]
	14432A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal pendant. Limestone. Cut as an animal possibly a hedgehog(?) and engraved in flat side with 2 gazelles or antelopes (?) Perforated vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
	17662	32-40-319	(none)	(none)	Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1]
	17923	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1]
	18697	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. White limestone. A cylindrical cone cut segmentally on the broad part of the convex face a a squatting gazelle. [drawing 1:1]
	7599	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seated figure? Limestone. White. Fragment. Left-hand in high relief represented as clasping the cross piece of the seat of a throne. Part of vertical support of throne at back, and notched front leg? alone remain. On right side remains of bottom of garment of figure, vertical incised parallel lines marking like folds. Back rounded.
	6463	(none)	1927,0527.60	(none)	Semi-circular bar of white marble. U-shaped = ends flat, near each end a small hole bored through stone on the diameter of the semi-circule - broken in antiquity and riveted. Suggest that this is the loop ornament figured in early sculpture on door jambs or on lances set upright by the sides of doors: the ends might fit into holes in the wooden upright and the small holes would serve for attachment to same by means of copper wires. E. [drawing]
	8509A	(none)	1928,1009.380 a	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509B	(none)	1928,1009.386b	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509C	(none)	1928,1009.380c	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509D	(none)	1928,1009.380d	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509E	(none)	1928,1009.380e	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509F	(none)	1928,1009.380f	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509G	(none)	1928,1009.380g	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
	8509I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.

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