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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. 2 rampant lions facing one another; on either side a hero grasps each by the tail. Between the heroes a heavily draped erect deity. Attributes: snake, palm tree? and scorpion? |
| 7646 | (none) | 1928,1009.511 | (none) | Stone vase. Limestone. White. Slightly indented rim. Blackened by fire. Type LXIII stone. |
| 7818D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Gate sockets (four). Inscription of Marduk-nadin-ahi. c. 1116-1101. HC.40 |
| 7840 | (none) | 1928,1009.421 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Inscribed A-gir-gal. Type 39 new. HC.43 [drawing] |
| 7919 | (none) | 1928,1009.428 | (none) | Statue base. Limestone. Rectangular in section. Two feet of statue alone remain. Left foot slightly advanced. [drawing 1:2] |
| 7943 | (none) | (none) | B17173 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone | |
| 7946 | (none) | 1928,1009.501 | (none) | Vase. Limestone. White. Stone type LVI. |
| 7947 | (none) | (none) | B17305 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Broken and part of base missing. Stone type XII. | |
| 7986 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Design in 3 registers, worn and not recognisable. |
| 7996 | (none) | (none) | B17164 | Stone pot. Coarse white calcite or limestone. Containing a black pigment. Type IX. | |
| 8032 | (none) | (none) | B17179 | Stone bowl White limestone, good quality An oval bowl with small horizontal lug handles Type LXIV | |
| 8047 | (none) | (none) | B17163 | White limestone pot. With almost vertical carinated sides. Type LXX 8. | |
| 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. | |
| 8062 | (none) | (none) | B17247 | Stone bowl of poor quality white limestone. The surface much decayed. Type IX but with slight ring to base. | |
| 8069 | (none) | (none) | B17176 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with flattened base. Cracked down one side. Type IX. | |
| 8074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, rather course: the outer surface has suffered badly by fire. Type XVIII |
| 8075 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. |
| 8082 | (none) | (none) | B17159 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. | |
| 8100 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone. |
| 8142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type LXVII. |
| 8143 | (none) | 1928,1009.424 | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Complete. Broken & mended. Stone type XII. |
| 8153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Miniature. Very roughly made, apparently cut down from the broken base of a larger vase. Type _. |
| 8156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, entirely blackened by fire. Type XXVI. |
| 8163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, good quality. Found in fragments. Type __ |
| 8170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone. Surface much decayed & rim chipped. Type XL. |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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