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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6742 | (none) | 1928,1009.2 | (none) | Diorite door-socket. To nannar, king of Ur, dEnlilla-mishag, patesi of Niffer (the ? has restored?) E. H.C. |
| 8239 | (none) | 1928,1009.420 | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone. The sides vertically fluted. Type LXXII. Photo 841 |
| 7840 | (none) | 1928,1009.421 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Inscribed A-gir-gal. Type 39 new. HC.43 [drawing] |
| 8143 | (none) | 1928,1009.424 | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Complete. Broken & mended. Stone type XII. |
| 8249 | (none) | 1928,1009.425 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. The outer face much decayed. Broken and imperfect. Type LX |
| 8273 | (none) | 1928,1009.426 | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. Indented rim. Stone type LX. |
| 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] |
| 8662 | (none) | 1928,1009.45 | (none) | Cylinder seal Pink limestone Decorative design, chevrons and running loops |
| 7946 | (none) | 1928,1009.501 | (none) | Vase. Limestone. White. Stone type LVI. |
| 8517 | (none) | 1928,1009.506 | (none) | Stone vase White limestone Cracked and the surface all decayed. Type LXXXVIII |
| 7646 | (none) | 1928,1009.511 | (none) | Stone vase. Limestone. White. Slightly indented rim. Blackened by fire. Type LXIII stone. |
| 8608 | (none) | 1928,1009.512 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LXXV. |
| 8296 | (none) | 1928,1009.513 | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XLIII. |
| 8319 | (none) | 1928,1009.514 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, plain. Type XXIII. |
| 8220 | (none) | 1928,1009.518 | (none) | Stone bowl. Whtie limestone. Type XIX. |
| 9733 | (none) | 1928,1010.244 | (none) | Cylinder seal Limestone? Grey. Subject Lions & gazelles crossed. |
| 10422 | (none) | 1928,1010.417 | (none) | Whetstone of white stone nearly rectangular |
| 9793 | (none) | 1928,1010.435 | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (broken) The stone very badly decayed and all the surface perished. |
| 9663 | (none) | 1928,1010.437 | (none) | Bowl. White Limestone. Type XXX |
| 9802 | (none) | 1928,1010.438 | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. |
| 8718 | (none) | 1928,1010.440 | (none) | Card Missing |
| 10589B | (none) | 1928,1010.441 | (none) | Group A/ Beads, gold, silver, and lapis double conoids. B/ Bowl of white limestone, surface poor. Type__ C/ |
| 11751 | (none) | 1929,1017.348 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell, the ends inlaid with lapis disks. Very much decayed. 2 heroes & 4 animals: man on the left strikes at a rampant bull(?) turned away from him & grappling with a lion(?) this lions body crosses that of a second lion who attacks a bull which is seized from behind by a figure half human and half bull. Between the two human figures is a double column inscription, upper register only:-Mes-kalam-dug(or sar) Lugal. | |
| 11801 | (none) | 1929,1017.391 | (none) | Whetstone. Greenish stone. |
| 13035D | (none) | 1929,1017.464 | (none) | [A-B] 2 haematite weights. Lentoid shapes. Type II. [C-F Additional letters weights according to British Museum] |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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