Lapis Lazuli

Lapis is a deep blue stone that is mottled with white calcite and brassy pyrite. It has a mohs scale of 5-5.5 and has a dull luster.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
11230F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11230G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11230H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11230I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11230K	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian & lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) [C.1-.2] Pair large lunate gold earrings. (D) Silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials-gold, silver & shell. (E) [E and K] 2 silver pins with bent heads capped by a lapis ball head. Type VI. (F) Necklace of fluted lapis ball beads. (G) Frontlet of beads in 7 rows, gold, bugle, carnelian ring beads, lapis bugles. (H) Necklace of lapis & gold triangles. (I) Necklace of alternate lapis & silver double conoids. (J) Miniature vase of light drab clay, part of rim missing.
11402	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Subject: A god wearing long dress with transverse folds, standing left holding a club (?) with water falling from his shoulders: on either side of him a group of 2 standing naked figures with horned crowns; each pair has 2 arms raised & crossing. 2 holding between them a staff? Poor thin cutting.
11411	30-12-580	(none)	(none)	Beads. Gold, carnelian, lapis, agate and paste. For original order see tomb notes.
11417	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Re-string in original order. Lapis, carnelian and jasper.
11427	(none)	1929,1017.306	(none)	Beads. Re-strung mostly in original order (see field notes). Carnelian, lapis, silver, jasper and glass.
11437	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frog amulet. Lapis. [drawing 1:1]
11438	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation: a seated goddess, one attendant behind, and one worshipper standing in front of her.
11441B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. Consisting of [A](1) a spiral band of narrow gold ribbon (broken); [B](2) seven beads of agate, carnelian, steatite, shell (?), lapis, lapis, paste; [C](3) a copper pin 019 long (broken into 3 pieces).
11442	(none)	1929,1017.387	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Presentation scene: seated goddess and two worshippers; also 2 columns of inscription. With this was a copper pin too decayed to keep: the seal was clearly fastened to the pin by a thread. Inscript: ZI-TAG, KA-SU-DU, =ZI-TAG, Libationer. HC.4.
11444	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. A few small beads of lapis, carnelian and shell, found together but not in order.
11450	30-12-496	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small, 1 of gold leaf over bitumen, lapis, silver and carnelian.
11451	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small mixed beads: carnelian, silver, lapis. (for original order see tomb notes.
11452B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. Consisting of [A] (1) a cylinder seal of red baked clay with white slip: in poor condition but interesting for its fabric. It is attached to part of a copper pin. Inscription EN-dUtu(?); [B] (2) a few beads of lapis and silver, mixed types; [C] (3) a silver hair-ring, 5 spiral coils of thin wire; [D] (4) a copper pin, point missing.
11458	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis with gold caps.
1146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal. Human figurre incised. [drawing]
11464	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis. Scene: 4 figures making offerings to (?), a palm tree.
11466	30-12-508	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis diamonds and bugles; bugles of gold leaf over copper, decayed. see Field notes.
11468A	(none)	1929,1017.321	(none)	Beads. (A) A string of lapis and carnelian bugles & double conoids with a few of silver decayed, and a lapis cylinder with criss-cross pattern. (B) Small rings of paste & lapis with a lapis frog amulet.
11468B	30-12-630	(none)	(none)	Beads. (A) A string of lapis and carnelian bugles & double conoids with a few of silver decayed, and a lapis cylinder with criss-cross pattern. (B) Small rings of paste & lapis with a [C] lapis frog amulet.
11468C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. (A) A string of lapis and carnelian bugles & double conoids with a few of silver decayed, and a lapis cylinder with criss-cross pattern. (B) Small rings of paste & lapis with a [C] lapis frog amulet.
11477	30-12-465	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian and lapis, bugles & lentoids; a few ball-heads of dark wood (ebony?) most of which fell to pieces. For order see Field Notes.