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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. One end flat, sides starting parallel and then converging in a curve to a lip spout. Type LXXVII cf. U.8223 |
| 8293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim, part of which is missing. Stone type LX. |
| 8296 | (none) | 1928,1009.513 | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XLIII. |
| 8297 | (none) | (none) | B17178 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII | |
| 8311 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone in good condition. Type XII. |
| 8319 | (none) | 1928,1009.514 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, plain. Type XXIII. |
| 8320 | (none) | (none) | B17306 | Stone bowl. White limestone, with nicked rim. (broken) Type IX. | |
| 8321 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX. |
| 8326 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge (broken and mended). Type XLIII. |
| 8328 | (none) | (none) | B17174 | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XLIII. | |
| 8386 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Unusual breast-cup shape with 4 small horizontal lugs from rim vertically pierced. Type CXIX 43. |
| 8407 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl or mortar? Limestone. White. Very thick in section. Stone type LXXX. |
| 8410 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. White. Deeply cut - poor condition. Fighting men - fighting bulls. |
| 8413 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone White Broken and mended Stone type _ |
| 8424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal Limestone Grey Rectangular in section Rounded perforated handle on horizontal face. [drawing] |
| 8435 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone White Poor condition Part of rim missing Stone type XL |
| 8452 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone Greyish 2 lug handles, one on either side of bowl 015 below rim - each lug handle perforated twice Stone type LXXXII |
| 8453 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone Greyish Small portion of rim missing Stone type X |
| 8456 | (none) | (none) | B17170 | Bowl Limestone Greyish Broken in 2 pieces and mended Stone type XLVI | |
| 8472 | (none) | (none) | B17197 | Head of priest. Shaven? and shorn Limestone White. Face entirely lost - ears and back of head alone remain Hole pierced through bottom of neck to admit a pole. | |
| 8492 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone White Indented rim - small portion of rim missing Stone type LX |
| 8500 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Female head. Fragment. Back half of head alone remains. White limestone. Thick bandeau runs round head. cf. white marble head of goddess found in EH 1925-26 season. (see U.6782) Date c. 2400 BC? |
| 8517 | (none) | 1928,1009.506 | (none) | Stone vase White limestone Cracked and the surface all decayed. Type LXXXVIII |
| 8533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone Oval with spout (Broken) and in bad condition Type XCVII |
| 8544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone The rim decorated with nicks (broken) Type IX |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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