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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14403 | 31-16-430 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. (Broken) |
| 14420 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Veined limestone. ? RC41. JN.9 |
| 14432A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal pendant. Limestone. Cut as an animal possibly a hedgehog(?) and engraved in flat side with 2 gazelles or antelopes (?) Perforated vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14455A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XCII. [drawing 2:5] |
| 14456A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. White. Broken but nearly complete. Type XVIII. [drawing] |
| 14915 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN2. = JN.19 new [drawing] |
| 14925 | 31-16-481 | (none) | (none) | Stone handle. Perhaps for a drill? [Drawing 1:1] Vol IV: PL. 28 (p.31.16.481) PFT E7-910h-950 |
| 14959 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Straight-sided. Not in catalog. |
| 14975 | 31-16-422 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Flattened hemispherical, no base. [drawing] | |
| 15111 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. |
| 15125 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Part of rim missing. TNG analysis says Type 44. |
| 15139 | 31-16-464 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. |
| 15151H | 31-16-511 | (none) | (none) | [A-J] 10 weights. Hematite. Lentoid shaped. [A] 270 grains [B] 135 grains [C] 95 grains [D] 100 grains [E] 70 grains [F] 48 grains [G] 40 grains [H] 45 grains [I] 25 grains [J] 15 grains [later addition in pen=] (A) weight 6.11 ratio 2/3 s unit 9.16 (B) weight 4.225 ratio 1/2 s unit 8.45 | |
| 15152 | 31-16-408 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey limestone. Cut down. Type: see Field Note. [Type] XXII | |
| 15312 | 31-17-67 | (none) | (none) | Beads: gold, lapis, carnelian, agate, limestone |
| 15414 | 31-16-421 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. Type RC22c. JN18. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI |
| 15766 | 31-16-437 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Nicked. |
| 15805 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Fragment. White limestone. Imitation basket work. |
| 15817 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone head. Of Goddess. Limestone. White. Fragment. Bandeau round forehead. IIIrd Dynasty Larsa Period. Possibly Larsa. Not for Vol IV. |
| 16170 | 31-43-177 | (none) | (none) | Mace Head. Limestone. White. Fragment. With design in relief of a serpent with a forked toung. Attribute of Nin-gis-Zida? P.31.43.176 Phil. (no photo available) diam 0046 VI BC |
| 16179 | 31-43-28 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Green steatite. Presentation scene: enthroned god and two standing figures. | |
| 16211 | 31-43-1 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, miniature limestone. With a solid knob projection (broken), and decoration of rosette on base & godroons on sides. [drawing] |
| 16231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White limestone. Pear-shaped with incised design. [drawing 1:1] |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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