Steatite
This rock is usually white to grey in color and very soft. It is usually used in statues and inlaid designs.
This rock is usually white to grey in color and very soft. It is usually used in statues and inlaid designs.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 497 | (none) | (none) | B15250 | Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing] | |
 | 517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl of black steatite. |
| 606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very much worn: defaced remains of 3 standing figures. |
| 628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very roughly engraved in scratching line work with what probably meant for human figures. |
| 629 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Well engraved with standing figure of a suppliant l. facing a seated goddess(?) rt = the crescent moon between. Three columns of inscription. 3rd Dynasty style. |
| 648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. 2 standing figures of a man being introduced by a god the latter with Sumerian flounced dress, then 2 columns of inscription, then (indistinct), a palm with drooping symmetrical date-clusters. Good engraving of 3rd dyn. style. |
| 649 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject, adorant being introduced to a seated goddess (?) = 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy engraving. |
| 652 | (none) | 1923,1110.35 | (none) | Stone vase, fragment of. Black steatite vase. Inscribed. Probably a votive dedication for the life of Dungi. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 685 | (none) | (none) | B15249 | Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing] | |
| 776 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 fig of adorants approaching a god l. with crescent above: behind, 4 small fig. in 2 registers: good work. |
| 790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: man fighting lion(?) : traces of 1 column inscription erased. Poor work. |
| 847 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and his friend killing their favorite winged gryphon. Fairly good work. |
| 996A | (none) | 1923,1110.51, 1923,1110.52, 1923,1110.53 | (none) | Stone bowl. grey steatite. Broken. Hemispherical with projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rim decorated with diagonal stripes, round sides, below rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles. |
| 1001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite plaque. One side flat, one convex. Rectangular. Uninscribed. Sent to Baghdad. Found with U.1000 |
| 1045 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Large with coarsely engraved scenes of animal, etc. |
| 1046 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription. |
| 1047 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures and inscription. |
| 1048 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing figures. |
| 1049 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Small: figures and inscription. |
| 1050 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Figures. |
| 1052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite: presentation scene. |
| 1053 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Bad condition. Figures and inscription. |
| 1168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. With device of winged animal rampant between two supporting human figures. The animal faces right, and between left man and the animal a scorpion stands in the field. Inscribed: -Ba-da-da mar Ma-li. |
| 1187 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Black steatite cylinder-seal with device of "introduction" to a god, who faces right with crescent over him. Inscribed: - IM-ti-dam; mar I-li-mi. |
| 1189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Black steatite cylinder seal with rather careless design of the "introduction" scene, the god facing right, with crescent before him. |
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