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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16615 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey limestone. Hemispherical. Spread eagle. |
| 16620 | 31-43-13 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Part of design obliterated. Presentation scene - originally 4 standing figures (3) only remain) before an enthroned god. Last figure carries a lamp(?). Crescent Moon. | |
| 16621 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey limestone(?) 2 standing figures before an enthroned god. Crescent moon. |
| 16630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Gilgamesh, Eabani and 2 rampant lions crossed. |
| 16638 | (none) | 1931,1010.62 | (none) | Flat seal. Ovoid. White limestone. Scorpion? and 5 circles. [drawing] |
| 16675 | 31-43-276 | (none) | (none) | Mace Head. Limestone. White. Squat Pear Shaped. [Drawing] lob to seal. Ht 005 D. 0025. Vol VII Rubbish AH |
| 16791 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Grey limestone plaque. Representing upper portion of human cheek. Eye, eyebrows and hair on face. Carved similarly on both sides. Perforated for suspension. [drawing 1:1 shows Egyptian eye of Horus and indicates perforation at left of eye] |
| 16927A | (none) | 1931,1010.11 | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 16927B | (none) | 1931,1010.10 | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 16927C | (none) | 1931,1010.232 | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 16927F | 31-43-178 | (none) | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] | |
| 16927G | 31-43-7 | (none) | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] | |
| 16928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone fragment. Jewel-smiths trial piece: a sketch for a cylinder seal: a seated god and introducer and suppliant: roughly worked out design. Possibly from the same source as U.16927, but this is not known. |
| 16960 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone statue of a seated goddess. She wears a long flounced garment reaching to the feet; hands clasped below breasts. The hair is confined by a plain heavy bandeau and falls in a square mass behind the back with a lock over each shoulder. The eyes are inlaid with shell and lapis, and the eyebrows with lapis. Very coarse ugly work. |
| 16994A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Sculptor's trial pieces. (A) Limestone fragment with unfinished engraving of a seated figure : very roughly cut : might well be a study for a cylinder seal. (B) Limestone fragment. Standing figure of a nude man; head and arms broken away : shallow but fairly good work. |
| 16994B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Sculptor's trial pieces. (A) Limestone fragment with unfinished engraving of a seated figure : very roughly cut : might well be a study for a cylinder seal. (B) Limestone fragment. Standing figure of a nude man; head and arms broken away : shallow but fairly good work. |
| 17006 | 31-43-484 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. In shape of date stone. Limestone? White [drawing 1:1] |
| 17015 | 31-43-52 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 figures before a standing goddess. Goose | |
| 17018 | (none) | 1931,1010.44 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. 2 standing figures and between them palm rising from a high vase and crescent on a pole. |
| 17092 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Kohl pot. Limestone? White. Shaped as a double column, ech one perforated to hold the kohl. |
| 17099 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. White. Presentation scene. Two standing figures before a seated god. |
| 17114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone mace-head. Rounded pear-shaped. |
| 17124 | (none) | 1931,1010.451 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Two seated goddesses (?) or women, one large and holding a pot to her breast: she wears a large garment with pleasted flounces and is bare-headed: the other beside her is similar but much small. (A) Complete but much worn. (B) [No description] Type Ib.D. | |
| 17340 | 31-43-11 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17352 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Limestone. Grey. Three crudely cut birds incised thereon. [drawing 1:1] |
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