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)
11901 (none) 1929,1017.689 (none) Stone Vase. Limestone, white. [Drawing]
11926 (none) (none) (none) Limestone Bowl. (chipped, and the surface badly decayed).
11927 (none) 1929,1017.682 (none) Stone White calcite. Spouted pot [Drawing] [Annotated] Type CXXV
11928A.1 (none) (none) (none) [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades.
11928A.2 (none) (none) (none) [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades.
11928A.3 (none) (none) (none) [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades.
11949A (none) 1930,1213.574a (none) [A-B] 2 Stone Bowls. White limestone (one smashed) One was inverted over the other and between them was a [C] cochle shell containing light green paint Type XXIII
11949B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Stone Bowls. White limestone (one smashed) One was inverted over the other and between them was a [C] cochle shell containing light green paint Type XXIII
11955 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken).
12007 (none) 1929,1017.687 (none) Stone Vase. Whitish grey limestone. Type CXXVII. [drawing]
12009 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White limestone. Much cracked & warped, straight-sided. Type XXV [drawing]
12025 30-12-90 (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXI. [drawing]
12051B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Inside it a [B] shallow cup of white limestone with nicked rim. [Type] XLIII.
12089 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. Limestone. Grey. Type ?
12150 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LXXV. [drawing]
12161 31-16-427 (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White limestone. Broken. [drawing on back, possible representation of excavation areas]
12193 31-16-462 (none) (none) Stone bowl. Limestone, white with spout. Badly broken.
122 (none) (none) (none) Fr. of stone tablet. Fine-grained limestone. Inscribed [drawing] [Annotated] Sumerian accounts of early date? Early
12217 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl.White limestone. Trough type with lip spout. Badly broken & limestone decayed. For type see field notes.
12220 31-16-431 (none) (none) Mortar. Limestone. White. Type LXXX. Variant. [drawing]
12223 (none) (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White limestone. Broken.
12244 30-12-79 (none) (none) Stone Bowl. White limestone. Rim has very shallow serrations on the outside. Type XLIII. [drawing]
12251.2 30-12-504 (none) (none) [.1-.2] Necklace. Lapis, Carnelian, silver beads: rings, balls and double conoids.
12315 (none) 1929,1017.671 (none) Stone Bowl. Limestone. Rim chipped. Type CXIV. [drawing]
12319 (none) (none) (none) Offering table. White limestone. Engraved with palm design. Top tray badly broken.

Related Terms

Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale

Child Terms

Oolite - Travertine