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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone? Very poor work. [drawing] |
| 11469 | 30-12-98 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone (irregular in shape) cracked but complete. Type LII. [drawing] | |
| 11529 | 30-12-75 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Spill-vase of white calcite. LXXXVI. [drawing] | |
| 11537 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone (broken & in poor condition) small flattened base. Type LXVII. [drawing] |
| 11567 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone. Surface rather decayed. Type LVI. [drawing] |
| 11600A | 30-12-399B | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Cylinder Seal & Pin. White shell cylinder, geometric pattern. Found with the copper pin plain head. [drawing] | |
| 11678 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace Head. Limestone? Gypsum? On the top, lion devouring another beast(?) On the sides bearded bulls. Inscription(much broken) Dedication to Shamash possibly by Nannar-?(?) son or daughter of AN-BU (?)(of Mari)? |
| 11716 | 30-12-91 | (none) | (none) | Limestone Bowl. Hemispherical with small flattened base & nicked edge. | |
| 11819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone, straight-sided (broken). |
| 11831 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone Bowl or trough. Rough. |
| 11841 | 30-12-549 | (none) | (none) | Palette. Soft fossiliferous limestone in form of a shell. Outside decorated with a mountain pattern: the inside is divided into 3 compartments containing the remains of white pigment. | |
| 11849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken) hemisperical with flattened base. |
| 11858 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. Grey-white limestone. |
| 11863 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White limestone not bored: roughly engraved. 2 registers: above, banquet and rampant lion; below, Im-dugud. |
| 11898 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. White limestone. [Drawing] Much warped; The rim diam. is 011 one way and only 009 the other. Type 78 |
| 11926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (chipped, and the surface badly decayed). |
| 11928A.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.3] Limestone Offering Dish [B-F] 5 Copper Daggers & [G-H] 2 Whetstones. All type V with central rib-shape of gold dagger-blades. |
| 11955 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken). |
| 12009 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Much cracked & warped, straight-sided. Type XXV [drawing] |
| 12025 | 30-12-90 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXI. [drawing] | |
| 12089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone. Grey. Type ? |
| 12150 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LXXV. [drawing] |
| 12161 | 31-16-427 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Broken. [drawing on back, possible representation of excavation areas] | |
| 12193 | 31-16-462 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, white with spout. Badly broken. | |
| 12217 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl.White limestone. Trough type with lip spout. Badly broken & limestone decayed. For type see field notes. |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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