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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9914 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Offering-table White limestone Only the stem, and that broken and imperfect [drawing] |
| 10078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Whetstone (?) Sausage-shaped: made of a coralline limestone (?) Dark bluish grey with white annumitic markings |
| 10192 | (none) | (none) | B17594 | Cylinder Seal Baked clay Very roughly cut: presentation scene 2 seated gods and two standing figures. | |
| 10400 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of Priest. Shaven and shorn. Dark grey limestone. Nose chipped. Missing below neck. Hole 5mm in diameter pierced vertically through neck to join the head to a body which doubtless consisted of some other material. Good modelling. Eyes and eyebrows heavily pronounced, coventional eyes shaped. Heavy nose, pursed up lips and small but pronounced chin. Head and figures typically Sumerian - dolichocephalic. [drawing] |
| 10422 | (none) | 1928,1010.417 | (none) | Whetstone of white stone nearly rectangular |
| 10589B | (none) | 1928,1010.441 | (none) | Group A/ Beads, gold, silver, and lapis double conoids. B/ Bowl of white limestone, surface poor. Type__ C/ |
| 10742 | (none) | (none) | B16938 | Necklace with silver dog amulet Jasper, carnelian, silver beads and one (oolite?) Silver dog has a harness represented by a relatively wide band of copper round neck along top of back and running round rear portion of body in a single piece. Body perforated longitudinally. For order and sketch see Field Note. | |
| 10819E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. A. [A and F] Two copper pins, both broken, one with a plain the other with a fluted lapis ball head. Tip of second missing. Type V B. [B and G] pair of cockle shells containing black and green paint. C. necklace of lapis and silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads. For order see Field Notes. D. [D.1-.2] Pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils E. A limestone bowl. Type XII |
| 10822C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. A. Silver pin with fluted lapis ball head and fluted gold cap. Type V. B. Lapis lazuli cylinder seal, 2 registers: Upper: scorpion, kneeling hero fighting rampant lions, (a panther?), a striped zebu, and behind them a standing skirted male figure. Lower: gate of a shrine and within it seated figures drinking through straws, 3 seated figures, and 2 standing attendants. C. Limestone Bowl. Type XII D. Necklace of silver and lapis double conoids with 3 large facetted beads, 2 carnelian, 1 gold. For order see Field Note. |
| 10973 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White limestone Bowl. Broken. |
| 10987 | (none) | (none) | B16895 | Cylinder Seal. Shell. Geometrical design. [drawing] | |
| 11149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pestle. Limestone. White. Shaped like a truncated cone with convex ends. [drawing] |
| 11204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. (7). Large lapis double conoid; oolite? barrel bead; 2 gold ring beads; 2 carnelian ball beads; 1 rock crystal double conoid. |
| 11400 | (none) | (none) | B17198 | Limestone relief. Fragment of inlay from a frieze. The upper part of a male figure with arms raised holding a pole as if punting a boat. | |
| 11412 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 3 only. 1-carnelian bugle; 1-long limestone lentoid; 1-red and white breccia (?) found tied round the left upper arm. |
| 11416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone? Very poor work. [drawing] |
| 11498 | (none) | 1929,1017.674 | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Type XXIII. [drawing] |
| 11518 | (none) | 1929,1017.665 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with slight base & 2 small horizontal lugs. Type CXVII. [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] |
| 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)? |
| 11731 | (none) | 1929,1017.688 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. | |
| 11751 | (none) | 1929,1017.348 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell, the ends inlaid with lapis disks. Very much decayed. 2 heroes & 4 animals: man on the left strikes at a rampant bull(?) turned away from him & grappling with a lion(?) this lions body crosses that of a second lion who attacks a bull which is seized from behind by a figure half human and half bull. Between the two human figures is a double column inscription, upper register only:-Mes-kalam-dug(or sar) Lugal. | |
| 11801 | (none) | 1929,1017.391 | (none) | Whetstone. Greenish stone. |
| 11819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone, straight-sided (broken). |
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Breccia - Chert/Flint - Sandstone - Shale
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