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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8718 | (none) | 1928,1010.440 | (none) | Card Missing |
| 8724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Bath shaped. Limestone. White. Stone type XIX. |
| 8725 | (none) | (none) | B17172 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XCI (also oval bowl stone U.8724) | |
| 8731 | (none) | (none) | B17221 | Rectangular paint? box. Limestone. Grey. Resting on 4 low legs. 5 holes 0025 deep and 002 in diam bored into the receptacle. One hole in the middle and one at each corner; two horizontal ribs decorated with vertical notches rim round the sides of the box. One leg missing - part of top missing. [drawing 1:3] sketch. | |
| 8739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. |
| 8741 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Quern. Limestone. Shaped like a flattened headless duck. [drawing] |
| 8771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. Grey. Broken and fragmentary. Stone type XII. |
| 8773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Finger bones found inside. Stone type XCII. |
| 8824 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase fragment. Polished limestone? 3 fragmentary lines of archaic writing dedication to ^dAn? or to Nab? H.C. 67 |
| 8977 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. Type ? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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