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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13780 | 31-16-459 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type (same as 13773) VIII. |
| 14230 | 31-16-461 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Trough type with lug handles. Badly smashed. | |
| 12193 | 31-16-462 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, white with spout. Badly broken. | |
| 15139 | 31-16-464 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. |
| 13730 | 31-16-470 | (none) | (none) | Pounding-stone or hand hammer. Pebble. A flattened sphere; on one flattened side bruises due to hammering. | |
| 13738 | 31-16-471 | (none) | (none) | Pounder. White limestone. Not in catalog. [drawing] | |
| 14925 | 31-16-481 | (none) | (none) | Stone handle. Perhaps for a drill? [Drawing 1:1] Vol IV: PL. 28 (p.31.16.481) PFT E7-910h-950 |
| 13717 | 31-16-483 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of a small bowl. (Steatite?) Round the side in very low relief is a moulded rope pattern: from this rise imitation loop handles modeled in low relief, the tops of the loops comming to the rim of the bowl. [drawing] | |
| (none) | 31-16-504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 13723 | 31-16-505 | (none) | (none) | Weight of grey stone. Lentoid, with flattened base. [drawing 1:1] Type II | |
| 15151H | 31-16-511 | (none) | (none) | [A-J] 10 weights. Hematite. Lentoid shaped. [A] 270 grains [B] 135 grains [C] 95 grains [D] 100 grains [E] 70 grains [F] 48 grains [G] 40 grains [H] 45 grains [I] 25 grains [J] 15 grains [later addition in pen=] (A) weight 6.11 ratio 2/3 s unit 9.16 (B) weight 4.225 ratio 1/2 s unit 8.45 | |
| 13716 | 31-16-517 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Obsidian lid. Ground down to a thinness of one millimetre, originally a dish about d. 80, of greying obisidian. [drawing] |
| 14920B | 31-16-519 | (none) | (none) | Flints. Set in bitumen. Which fixed the flint either to wood or to bone. [drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | 31-16-533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 3350 | 31-16-940 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of mould for figurine. Limestone: showing flounced skirt of draped figure. | |
| (none) | 31-17-108 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-112 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| 13515 | 31-17-117 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting. | |
| 14013 | 31-17-121 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 12771O | 31-17-319J | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid]. | |
| 12771K | 31-17-319K | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid]. | |
| 12774J.1 | 31-17-321K | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H) Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.11] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercer. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.10] 4 pieces red bands on drab [N.11] 1 piece plain red wash(?); [N.12-.13] 2 pieces, design in red on light ground; [N.14-.15] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light ground : rows of triangles and bands; [N.16-.18] 3 pieces with transverse bands of erased slip decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of a second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with scratched design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals. | |
| 12774J.2 | 31-17-321L | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Bead, long, clay imitation of bead cut from shell core. (B) Clay bugle bead. (C) Shell bugle bead. (D) Clay spindle whorl. (E) Copper needle (broken). (F) Clay nail. (G) Fragment of clay sickle. (H) Penannular ring of shell. [I not assigned in group] (J) [J.1-.11] Chips, flint and obsidian, including one flint piercer. (K) [K.1-.2] Fragments of clay animal figurines. (L) Animal tooth. (M) Miniature pot of reddish clay, broken. (N) Pottery fragments. [N.1-.4] 4 small bits black design on white, characteristic TO [Tel Obaid]; [N.5-.6] 2 pieces, black band on drab, coarse ware; [N.7-.10] 4 pieces red bands on drab [N.11] 1 piece plain red wash(?); [N.12-.13] 2 pieces, design in red on light ground; [N.14-.15] 2 pieces, design in red and black on light ground : rows of triangles and bands; [N.16-.18] 3 pieces with transverse bands of erased slip decoration, light red on deeper red body. (O) [O.1] Cylindrical vase of light drab clay and [O.2] fragment of a second similar. (P) Clay jar sealing (?) with scratched design. (Q) Clay jar sealing with impression of seal cylinder : subject, bulls and square shrines. (R) Clay cup, reddish ware, wheelmade, normal type, broken and mended. (S) Clay jar sealing, fragment, with design of rows of animals. | |
| (none) | 31-17-352A | (none) | (none) | [U number Not assigned in field] | |
| (none) | 31-17-352F | (none) | (none) | [U number Not assigned in field] |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Limestone - Sandstone - Shale
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