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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 898 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone fragment of figure of bull. Carved in the round: probably part of a vase. Only the neck and shoulder left. [drawing] |
| 9051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Limestone? White Spread eagle, star above crescent moon, and on either side of the star and crescent, a reclining antelope with very high horns. |
| 908 | (none) | 1923,1110.22 | (none) | Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son. |
| 916 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone figurine. of a recumbent doe. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9219 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl With lip spout Broken into several pieces White limestone Stone type LXXVII. |
| 9236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dish Limestone White Broken & mended Stone type XCIV |
| 9239 | (none) | (none) | B17246 | Offering table Limestone White Made in 2 pieces Part of table missing | |
| 9266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Limestone White Subject not clear. A seated god, a squatting lion, vertical posts, a god behind the bards of a gate? And a second standing god. |
| 9539 | (none) | (none) | B17147 | Vase Oolite? Grey Probably cut down in antiquity from a tall spill vase. Surface badly chipped and pitted Type L1. | |
| 9663 | (none) | 1928,1010.437 | (none) | Bowl. White Limestone. Type XXX |
| 9664 | (none) | (none) | B17182 | Stone bowl White limestone Bath-shaped Type XXI | |
| 9688 | (none) | (none) | B16884 | Cylinder seal Green stone In very bad condition Apparently a presentation scene | |
| 9733 | (none) | 1928,1010.244 | (none) | Cylinder seal Limestone? Grey. Subject Lions & gazelles crossed. |
| 977 | (none) | (none) | B14978 | Stone bowl. | |
| 9793 | (none) | 1928,1010.435 | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (broken) The stone very badly decayed and all the surface perished. |
| 9794 | (none) | (none) | B17141 | Limestone Bowl. Broken into 5 pieces. Surface decayed. |
| 9802 | (none) | 1928,1010.438 | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. |
| 9835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Limestone White Type LIV |
| 9858 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Grey limestone. Scene of worship within the gates of a shrine. Seated god with an attendant carrying a bucket behind him. The seated god greets a standing figure. The scene occurs behind gates consisting of two posts stuck into the ground connected by loop-shaped attachments. |
| 9914 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Offering-table White limestone Only the stem, and that broken and imperfect [drawing] |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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