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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12680E | (none) | 1929,1017.672 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper axe Type XXII. [B] (2) Copper reticule containing manicure tools on ring. Traces of matting on reticule. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Bird headed man and rampant animals. [D] (4) Beads - Worn round forehead? 2 carnelian bugles - 1 lapis lentoid. [E] (5) Stone bowl. White limestone. [Type] XXV. [drawing] |
| 12695C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A-B] 1) Two silver earrings: one of normal, small, lunate type 1 1/2 coils; the others also consists of 1 1/2 coils but one end consist of a broad and thin elliptical bend thus - [drawing] [C] 2) Copper bowl. Hemispherical [D] 3) Stone bowl. Containing traces of a reddish pigment? Limestone. [drawing] |
| 13048 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type. See field note. |
| 13051C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of objects. [A] (1) Painted potsherds. [B] (2) Animal bones . [C] (3) Fragment of limestone. [D] (4) Clay stopper for vase. Unbaked. |
| 13515 | 31-17-117 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting. | |
| 13533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Type XII. [drawing] |
| 13575 | 31-16-414 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Nicked rim. Type XLIII. [drawing] | |
| 13579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type CXIV. [drawing] |
| 13717 | 31-16-483 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of a small bowl. (Steatite?) Round the side in very low relief is a moulded rope pattern: from this rise imitation loop handles modeled in low relief, the tops of the loops comming to the rim of the bowl. [drawing] | |
| 13723 | 31-16-505 | (none) | (none) | Weight of grey stone. Lentoid, with flattened base. [drawing 1:1] Type II | |
| 13730 | 31-16-470 | (none) | (none) | Pounding-stone or hand hammer. Pebble. A flattened sphere; on one flattened side bruises due to hammering. | |
| 13732 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. White limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 13738 | 31-16-471 | (none) | (none) | Pounder. White limestone. Not in catalog. [drawing] | |
| 13753 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. In antiquity broken in half and mended with 3 rivets (rivet-holes very large) The base not clearly defined. JN14 new. [drawing] |
| 13754 | 31-16-453 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. The edges much chipped. ?[Type] RC20a. Jnu. [drawing] |
| 13755 | 31-16-451 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (restored from fragments). Jnu. Type X (RC20a) [drawing] |
| 13756 | 31-16-434 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone (restored from fragments). JN19. Type XV ? RC22b [drawing] | |
| 13757 | 31-16-435 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone (restored from fragments, but imperfect). JN19. Type XV ? RC22b. [drawing] | |
| 13768 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. JN24. [Type] XIX (RC15a) [drawing] |
| 13770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XXI. [drawing] |
| 13771 | 31-16-420 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Type VIII. [drawing] | |
| 13772 | 31-16-419 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type CXIV. [drawing] | |
| 13773 | 31-16-418 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. (Calcite) [Previous correction does not appear on card]. Type VIII [drawing] |
| 13774 | (none) | 1930,1213.270 | (none) | Stone bowl. White Limestone. With slight base and border groove. Type CXIV. [drawing] |
| 13775 | 31-16-417 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type (same as U.13771) VIII. |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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