Limestone

This rock ranges in color from white to yellow to pink to red to gray to black. It is usually used as building material and in statues.

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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)
	17015	31-43-52	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 figures before a standing goddess. Goose
	1733	(none)	(none)	B15589	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing]
	1734	(none)	(none)	B15590	Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P.
	17340	31-43-11	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1]
	17662	32-40-319	(none)	(none)	Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1]
	17678	32-40-324	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White limestone. Eye; joined ladders. On photo: U.17679.
	17726	32-40-330	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. 2 men fighting a lion.
	17850	32-40-333, 32-40-333	(none)	(none)	Cylinder (seal?) unpierced. White limestone with 4 columns of inscription. Two names. NU-UR-KU-BI son of DUG-GA-AN-SA and E-MU-MA-NI-DA son of NU-UR-KU-BI. HC 1931 / 1
	18248	33-35-172	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition.
	18923	35-1-2	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. A hero, and fighting animals. Archaic: very much worn and defaced.
	18976	35-1-5	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Light yellowish stone. 2 heroes fighting animals.
	368A	(none)	(none)	B14964	[A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad)
	6106	(none)	(none)	B16296, B16296	Cylinder seal. White frit. Unpierced. Inscribed: Lugal-nu-zu aon of E-te-nin-ka ilSin. E.
	6253	(none)	(none)	B16290	Cylinder seal. Grey limestone? Unpierced. Gilgamesh fighting with the bull. About BC 2500.
	6499	(none)	(none)	B16297	Cylinder seal Pink marble or diorite Piece of copper wire mounting inside Four animals. Sheep or goats - two of which are crossed Two scorpions. L 002 diam 0015 About BC 3100. E.
	7615	(none)	(none)	B16894	Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. Scene of worship. Minor deity leads worshipper by the hand towards seated Nannar. Attributes: crescent moon and palm.
	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.
	9688	(none)	(none)	B16884	Cylinder seal Green stone In very bad condition Apparently a presentation scene

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