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.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8591 | 30-12-249 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. All broken up. | |
 | 8638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type X. |
| 8641 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. The edge nicked for decoration. Type IX. |
| 8645 | (none) | (none) | B17165 | Stone bowl White limestone Triangular shaped spouted bowl Type XCVIII | |
| 8648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone The edge decorated with nicking Type XII |
| 8663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone. (Broken and mended, but piece missing from rim). Type XII |
| 8711 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone White Indented rim. Part missing. Broken in 7 pieces. Stone type XLIII |
| 8717 | (none) | (none) | B17032 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. | |
| 8724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Bath shaped. Limestone. White. Stone type XIX. |
| 8725 | (none) | (none) | B17172 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XCI (also oval bowl stone U.8724) | |
| 8731 | (none) | (none) | B17221 | Rectangular paint? box. Limestone. Grey. Resting on 4 low legs. 5 holes 0025 deep and 002 in diam bored into the receptacle. One hole in the middle and one at each corner; two horizontal ribs decorated with vertical notches rim round the sides of the box. One leg missing - part of top missing. [drawing 1:3] sketch. | |
| 8733 | 87-28-14 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Limestone. White. Broken in 7 pieces. Part of rim missing. Broken and rivetted in antiquity and stuck together with bitumen. Rivet holes filled up with a white paste that may be burnt gypsum now called plaster of Paris. Portions of copper rivets still intact in rivet holes. Stone type XLV. |
| 8739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. |
| 8741 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Quern. Limestone. Shaped like a flattened headless duck. [drawing] |
| 8771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. Grey. Broken and fragmentary. Stone type XII. |
| 8773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Finger bones found inside. Stone type XCII. |
| 8824 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase fragment. Polished limestone? 3 fragmentary lines of archaic writing dedication to ^dAn? or to Nab? H.C. 67 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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