Sedimentary
This group of rocks are formed by the accumulation and cementation of fragments of earlier rocks, minerals, and organisms in water.
This group of rocks are formed by the accumulation and cementation of fragments of earlier rocks, minerals, and organisms in water.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 244 | (none) | 1923,1110.30 | (none) | Limestone fragment. Inscribed by priest of Nannar named en-an-ni-pao-da. Duplicate U.245, U.237. [Annotated] Copied: placed in IN/No 1. |
| 245 | (none) | 1923,1110.33 | (none) | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a duplicate text of U.244. [Annotated] Copied: Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 246 | (none) | (none) | B14939 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a dedication by Ur-Engur. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 249 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14938 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a votive inscription probably a duplicate of that on the stone cone of Ur-Engur. Joined to U.270. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 2501 | (none) | 1927,1003.8 | (none) | Inscribed tablet. Brown limestone. Fragment. Incomplete Semitic text. Obverse: 7 lines. Reverse: weather worn. Ink-drawing. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 2504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300 |
| 2505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing] |
| 2661 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey limestone. Rampant lion attacked by two figures of Gilgamesh. About BC 2600-2300. [drawing] |
| 2666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flint arrowhead. Finely chipped. [drawing 1:1] |
| 267 | (none) | 1923,1110.18 | (none) | Fragment of mace-head, limestone. Inscribed. Dedication by Ur-Engur for his own life. Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 2670 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved relief. Limestone, with figures of Ea and attendant gods. 3rd Dynasty period. |
| 270 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14940 | Stone fragment of dish. Beginning of last two lines of a dedication. Joined to U.249. Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 271 | (none) | (none) | B14941, B14941 | Fragment of stone dish. Dedication by a priest of Nannar, "thy son" |
| 2744 | (none) | 1927,1003.263 | (none) | Flint arrowhead. Leafshaped with fine teeth. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2745 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flint arrowhead. Blue flint: barbed and finely worked. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2761A | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Nammu Stela. Stone stele fragments. Fine limestone: six fragments, [following text is struck through] giving horizontal division of stele. Upper two bear lower part of skirt & two finely modelled feet & conventional river of Ea, seated on throne. Lower register divine headdress, spear (?) & tree. Whole of fine workmanship. Upper register fragg. A. & C.: lower B. [end strike-through] For details see following page. In text: Ur-Nammu Stela and Kassite period 4. (A) Division between registers, one foot of top register figure and top of tree in lower register. (B) do. With part of throne top register & god's headdress in lower. (C) 2nd foot & part of skirt & throne of top register fig. (D) part of throne top register. (E) Lower part of headdress of god (2nd reg.) & hair. (F) Rest of god from 2nd reg. seated on throne before conventional tree in pot into which king is pouring libation (this connects with U.3264A) 3rd reg. upper parts of 3 figg: minor deity introducing king who bears mason's tools supported behind by priest or slave. | |
| 2761B | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Nammu Stela. Stone stele fragments. Fine limestone: six fragments, [following text is struck through] giving horizontal division of stele. Upper two bear lower part of skirt & two finely modelled feet & conventional river of Ea, seated on throne. Lower register divine headdress, spear (?) & tree. Whole of fine workmanship. Upper register fragg. A. & C.: lower B. [end strike-through] For details see following page. In text: Ur-Nammu Stela and Kassite period 4. (A) Division between registers, one foot of top register figure and top of tree in lower register. (B) do. With part of throne top register & god's headdress in lower. (C) 2nd foot & part of skirt & throne of top register fig. (D) part of throne top register. (E) Lower part of headdress of god (2nd reg.) & hair. (F) Rest of god from 2nd reg. seated on throne before conventional tree in pot into which king is pouring libation (this connects with U.3264A) 3rd reg. upper parts of 3 figg: minor deity introducing king who bears mason's tools supported behind by priest or slave. | |
| 2761C | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Nammu Stela. Stone stele fragments. Fine limestone: six fragments, [following text is struck through] giving horizontal division of stele. Upper two bear lower part of skirt & two finely modelled feet & conventional river of Ea, seated on throne. Lower register divine headdress, spear (?) & tree. Whole of fine workmanship. Upper register fragg. A. & C.: lower B. [end strike-through] For details see following page. In text: Ur-Nammu Stela and Kassite period 4. (A) Division between registers, one foot of top register figure and top of tree in lower register. (B) do. With part of throne top register & god's headdress in lower. (C) 2nd foot & part of skirt & throne of top register fig. (D) part of throne top register. (E) Lower part of headdress of god (2nd reg.) & hair. (F) Rest of god from 2nd reg. seated on throne before conventional tree in pot into which king is pouring libation (this connects with U.3264A) 3rd reg. upper parts of 3 figg: minor deity introducing king who bears mason's tools supported behind by priest or slave. | |
| 2761D | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Nammu Stela. Stone stele fragments. Fine limestone: six fragments, [following text is struck through] giving horizontal division of stele. Upper two bear lower part of skirt & two finely modelled feet & conventional river of Ea, seated on throne. Lower register divine headdress, spear (?) & tree. Whole of fine workmanship. Upper register fragg. A. & C.: lower B. [end strike-through] For details see following page. In text: Ur-Nammu Stela and Kassite period 4. (A) Division between registers, one foot of top register figure and top of tree in lower register. (B) do. With part of throne top register & god's headdress in lower. (C) 2nd foot & part of skirt & throne of top register fig. (D) part of throne top register. (E) Lower part of headdress of god (2nd reg.) & hair. (F) Rest of god from 2nd reg. seated on throne before conventional tree in pot into which king is pouring libation (this connects with U.3264A) 3rd reg. upper parts of 3 figg: minor deity introducing king who bears mason's tools supported behind by priest or slave. | |
| 2761E | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Nammu Stela. Stone stele fragments. Fine limestone: six fragments, [following text is struck through] giving horizontal division of stele. Upper two bear lower part of skirt & two finely modelled feet & conventional river of Ea, seated on throne. Lower register divine headdress, spear (?) & tree. Whole of fine workmanship. Upper register fragg. A. & C.: lower B. [end strike-through] For details see following page. In text: Ur-Nammu Stela and Kassite period 4. (A) Division between registers, one foot of top register figure and top of tree in lower register. (B) do. With part of throne top register & god's headdress in lower. (C) 2nd foot & part of skirt & throne of top register fig. (D) part of throne top register. (E) Lower part of headdress of god (2nd reg.) & hair. (F) Rest of god from 2nd reg. seated on throne before conventional tree in pot into which king is pouring libation (this connects with U.3264A) 3rd reg. upper parts of 3 figg: minor deity introducing king who bears mason's tools supported behind by priest or slave. | |
| 2761F | (none) | (none) | B16676 | Ur-Nammu Stela. Stone stele fragments. Fine limestone: six fragments, [following text is struck through] giving horizontal division of stele. Upper two bear lower part of skirt & two finely modelled feet & conventional river of Ea, seated on throne. Lower register divine headdress, spear (?) & tree. Whole of fine workmanship. Upper register fragg. A. & C.: lower B. [end strike-through] For details see following page. In text: Ur-Nammu Stela and Kassite period 4. (A) Division between registers, one foot of top register figure and top of tree in lower register. (B) do. With part of throne top register & god's headdress in lower. (C) 2nd foot & part of skirt & throne of top register fig. (D) part of throne top register. (E) Lower part of headdress of god (2nd reg.) & hair. (F) Rest of god from 2nd reg. seated on throne before conventional tree in pot into which king is pouring libation (this connects with U.3264A) 3rd reg. upper parts of 3 figg: minor deity introducing king who bears mason's tools supported behind by priest or slave. | |
| 2763 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Grotesque mask. Limestone : very roughly carved and pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1] |
| 2764 | (none) | 1927,1003.190 | (none) | Stone dog. Couchant : of limestone, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 28 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bob. of fine greyish-white limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2834 | (none) | (none) | B16212 | Royal inscription - in limestone. Small fragment. Probably (Nabonidus?) king of all the world, king? H.C. |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Limestone - Sandstone - Shale
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