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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 28 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bob. of fine greyish-white limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 122 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of stone tablet. Fine-grained limestone. Inscribed [drawing] [Annotated] Sumerian accounts of early date? Early |
| 137 | (none) | (none) | B14966 | Torso of statue. White limestone. Eyes originally inlaid. Surface a great deal worn and the soft parts of the stone decayed, destroying much of the original character. [drawing] |
| 246 | (none) | (none) | B14939 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a dedication by Ur-Engur. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 249 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14938 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a votive inscription probably a duplicate of that on the stone cone of Ur-Engur. Joined to U.270. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 270 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14940 | Stone fragment of dish. Beginning of last two lines of a dedication. Joined to U.249. Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 271 | (none) | (none) | B14941, B14941 | Fragment of stone dish. Dedication by a priest of Nannar, "thy son" |
| 293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gate socket. Limestone. Inscription of Kurigalza, badly damaged. Copied. |
| 304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone relief. Fragment of, In bad condition. Subject: a man kneeling rt and castrating a bull (?): the bull much damaged: to l. part of a fowl (?) on a large scale. Probably Chaldaean period. |
| 305 | (none) | (none) | B15326 | Limestone relief. Fragment of Showing a wall against which the top of the scaling ladder, and above the feet of a man: part of a siege subject. Found with U. 304 |
| 368A | (none) | (none) | B14964 | [A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad) | |
| 513 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plummet. Coarse. Limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 655A | (none) | (none) | B14974 | Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing] | |
| 820 | (none) | (none) | B14979 | Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble. | |
| 825 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone pestle. of hard whitish limestone. |
| 873 | (none) | (none) | B14949, B14949 | Fragment of limestone vessel. Fragmentary inscription, 5 lines, recording a dedication to Ningal by Sin-[ref. drawing]-uballit. [drawing] |
| 898 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone fragment of figure of bull. Carved in the round: probably part of a vase. Only the neck and shoulder left. [drawing] |
| 916 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone figurine. of a recumbent doe. [drawing 1:1] |
| 977 | (none) | (none) | B14978 | Stone bowl. | |
| 1547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI |
| 1733 | (none) | (none) | B15589 | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing] | |
| 1734 | (none) | (none) | B15590 | Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P. | |
| 2504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300 |
| 2505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing] |
| 2661 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey limestone. Rampant lion attacked by two figures of Gilgamesh. About BC 2600-2300. [drawing] |
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