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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)
	8977	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. White limestone. Type ?
	9051	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Limestone? White Spread eagle, star above crescent moon, and on either side of the star and crescent, a reclining antelope with very high horns.
	9219	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl With lip spout Broken into several pieces White limestone Stone type LXXVII.
	9236	(none)	(none)	(none)	Dish Limestone White Broken & mended Stone type XCIV
	9239	(none)	(none)	B17246	Offering table Limestone White Made in 2 pieces Part of table missing
	9266	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Limestone White Subject not clear. A seated god, a squatting lion, vertical posts, a god behind the bards of a gate? And a second standing god.
	9355	(none)	(none)	(none)	Plaque and shell fragments Plaque is square, made of shale, and set with five shell circles in one face like a domino number 5. Two of the circles missing. Fragments of shell plaques, one bearing traces of red paint and engraved with the figure of an eagle attacking the back of a bull ? A fresh water shell L.008 from the valve end.
	9510	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 Shale pieces for Inlay. One a disk with a shallow diametrical groove on one side, the other a circular piece, flat on one side, convex on the other. Originally both may have been fitted together as an inlaid eye for a statue. Criss-cross impressions on each are perhaps to be attributed to a fibrous material by which the two were originally fixed together.
	9539	(none)	(none)	B17147	Vase Oolite? Grey Probably cut down in antiquity from a tall spill vase. Surface badly chipped and pitted Type L1.
	9664	(none)	(none)	B17182	Stone bowl White limestone Bath-shaped Type XXI
	9688	(none)	(none)	B16884	Cylinder seal Green stone In very bad condition Apparently a presentation scene
	9794	(none)	(none)	B17141	Limestone Bowl. Broken into 5 pieces. Surface decayed.
	9835	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Bowl Limestone White Type LIV
	9858	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Grey limestone. Scene of worship within the gates of a shrine. Seated god with an attendant carrying a bucket behind him. The seated god greets a standing figure. The scene occurs behind gates consisting of two posts stuck into the ground connected by loop-shaped attachments.
	9914	(none)	(none)	(none)	Offering-table White limestone Only the stem, and that broken and imperfect [drawing]
	10051A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowheads Chisel edged Judging from the height at which they were found, in a cluster against the side of the grave shaft, the arrows had been 030 long [drawing] 1:1
	10051B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowheads Chisel edged Judging from the height at which they were found, in a cluster against the side of the grave shaft, the arrows had been 030 long [drawing] 1:1
	10051C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint arrowheads Chisel edged Judging from the height at which they were found, in a cluster against the side of the grave shaft, the arrows had been 030 long [drawing] 1:1
	10078	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whetstone (?) Sausage-shaped: made of a coralline limestone (?) Dark bluish grey with white annumitic markings
	10192	(none)	(none)	B17594	Cylinder Seal Baked clay Very roughly cut: presentation scene 2 seated gods and two standing figures.
	10400	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head of Priest. Shaven and shorn. Dark grey limestone. Nose chipped. Missing below neck. Hole 5mm in diameter pierced vertically through neck to join the head to a body which doubtless consisted of some other material. Good modelling. Eyes and eyebrows heavily pronounced, coventional eyes shaped. Heavy nose, pursed up lips and small but pronounced chin. Head and figures typically Sumerian - dolichocephalic. [drawing]
	10436A	(none)	(none)	B16744A	Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box.
	10742	(none)	(none)	B16938	Necklace with silver dog amulet Jasper, carnelian, silver beads and one (oolite?) Silver dog has a harness represented by a relatively wide band of copper round neck along top of back and running round rear portion of body in a single piece. Body perforated longitudinally. For order and sketch see Field Note.
	10819E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tomb Group. A. [A and F] Two copper pins, both broken, one with a plain the other with a fluted lapis ball head. Tip of second missing. Type V B. [B and G] pair of cockle shells containing black and green paint. C. necklace of lapis and silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads. For order see Field Notes. D. [D.1-.2] Pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils E. A limestone bowl. Type XII
	10822C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tomb Group. A. Silver pin with fluted lapis ball head and fluted gold cap. Type V. B. Lapis lazuli cylinder seal, 2 registers: Upper: scorpion, kneeling hero fighting rampant lions, (a panther?), a striped zebu, and behind them a standing skirted male figure. Lower: gate of a shrine and within it seated figures drinking through straws, 3 seated figures, and 2 standing attendants. C. Limestone Bowl. Type XII D. Necklace of silver and lapis double conoids with 3 large facetted beads, 2 carnelian, 1 gold. For order see Field Note.

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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Limestone - Sandstone - Shale