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)
8297 (none) (none) B17178 Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII
8311 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White limestone in good condition. Type XII.
8319 (none) 1928,1009.514 (none) Stone bowl. White limestone, plain. Type XXIII.
8320 (none) (none) B17306 Stone bowl. White limestone, with nicked rim. (broken) Type IX.
8321 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX.
8326 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge (broken and mended). Type XLIII.
8328 (none) (none) B17174 Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XLIII.
8386 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White limestone. Unusual breast-cup shape with 4 small horizontal lugs from rim vertically pierced. Type CXIX 43.
8407 (none) (none) (none) Bowl or mortar? Limestone. White. Very thick in section. Stone type LXXX.
8410 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Limestone. White. Deeply cut - poor condition. Fighting men - fighting bulls.
8413 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Limestone White Broken and mended Stone type _
8424 (none) (none) (none) Flat seal Limestone Grey Rectangular in section Rounded perforated handle on horizontal face. [drawing]
8435 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Limestone White Poor condition Part of rim missing Stone type XL
8452 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Limestone Greyish 2 lug handles, one on either side of bowl 015 below rim - each lug handle perforated twice Stone type LXXXII
8453 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Limestone Greyish Small portion of rim missing Stone type X
8454F (none) (none) (none) [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks.
8454G (none) (none) (none) [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks.
8454H (none) (none) (none) [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks.
8454I (none) (none) (none) [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks.
8454J (none) (none) (none) [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks. Hand shaving[?]
8454K (none) (none) (none) [F-K] 6 black shale disks and [A-D] 4 square bone plaques - line engraving on one face of each plaque. (A) floral design. (B) similar. (C) lion. Portion of one side missing. (D) 4 sets of concentric curves; clear space in middle. [E] Also, 3 fragments of an engraved bone pin. The bone disks have a shallow hole in the center, half as deep as the disk is thick. This was intended to receive a wooden inlay. Wooden inlay is intact in one of the disks.
8456 (none) (none) B17170 Bowl Limestone Greyish Broken in 2 pieces and mended Stone type XLVI
8472 (none) (none) B17197 Head of priest. Shaven? and shorn Limestone White. Face entirely lost - ears and back of head alone remain Hole pierced through bottom of neck to admit a pole.
8492 (none) (none) (none) Bowl Limestone White Indented rim - small portion of rim missing Stone type LX
8500 (none) (none) (none) Female head. Fragment. Back half of head alone remains. White limestone. Thick bandeau runs round head. cf. white marble head of goddess found in EH 1925-26 season. (see U.6782) Date c. 2400 BC?

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Igneous - Metamorphic

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