Sedimentary
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16278 | (none) | 1931,1010.50 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone, much worn. Two crossed gazelled & two heroes fighting, two bearded man-headed beasts whose bodies cross in the same fashion. |
| 17866 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. 2 registers: below, 2 seated figures drinking through tubes. Above, spread eagle and 2 animals (? Gazelles) Archaic style. |
| 17678 | 32-40-324 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Eye; joined ladders. On photo: U.17679. |
| 17867 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Presentation scene with seated goddess 2 standing figures and remains of a column of inscription instantaneously defaced. Poor work. |
| 19483 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Two winged demons before a palm tree. |
| 18257 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Winged monster and scorpion. |
| 11751 | (none) | 1929,1017.348 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell, the ends inlaid with lapis disks. Very much decayed. 2 heroes & 4 animals: man on the left strikes at a rampant bull(?) turned away from him & grappling with a lion(?) this lions body crosses that of a second lion who attacks a bull which is seized from behind by a figure half human and half bull. Between the two human figures is a double column inscription, upper register only:-Mes-kalam-dug(or sar) Lugal. | |
| 14013 | 31-17-121 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 8056B | (none) | (none) | B16891 | Cylinder seals of white shell. All in very bad condition. A: 4 animals, the centre two heraldically crossed, and a tree? or man? B: unrecognisable. C: unrecognisable. | |
| 6742 | (none) | 1928,1009.2 | (none) | Diorite door-socket. To nannar, king of Ur, dEnlilla-mishag, patesi of Niffer (the ? has restored?) E. H.C. |
| 9236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dish Limestone White Broken & mended Stone type XCIV |
| 20080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Disk of white limestone. Flat below, convex above. Pierced with central hole, and 8 depressions as for inlay. [drawing] |
| 2505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing] |
| 17645 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Drill handle of pink limestone pierced for suspension throguh the top edge of the socket for the drill-head highly polished. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16419 | 31-43-255 | (none) | (none) | Duck weight limestone, yellow-grey Head defaced. To be weighed. Type VI. | |
| 16242 | 31-43-256 | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Limestone (chipped). grey To be weighed. [drawing] type VI | |
| 16249 | (none) | 1931,1010.185 | (none) | Duck weight 24.32 grs. Brownish-grey limestone. Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 grs.). Type VI. [A-B are subdivisions based on BMdb] |
| 16421H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Bownish limestone. To be weighed. Type VI. |
| 16429C | (none) | 1931,1010.111 | (none) | Duck weight. Haematite. Grey. Broken and repaired. [drawing] To be weighed. Type VI |
| 16229T | (none) | 1931,1010.164 | (none) | Duck-weight 6.4 GRS. Unbaked clay. Brownish-buff. Type VI. [drawing] |
| 6785 | (none) | (none) | B16519 | Eye socket. Limestone. Grey. E. [drawing] | |
| 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? |
| 8424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal Limestone Grey Rectangular in section Rounded perforated handle on horizontal face. [drawing] |
| 16638 | (none) | 1931,1010.62 | (none) | Flat seal. Ovoid. White limestone. Scorpion? and 5 circles. [drawing] |
| 10169 | (none) | 1928,1010.408 | (none) | Flint Obsidian? Translucent Both sides serrated Triangular in section [drawing 1:1] |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Limestone - Sandstone - Shale
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