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)
11718	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis double conoids & 2 carnelians; also a pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings.
11720	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis lentoids & double conoids.
11726	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold Pin with plain lapis ball head capped with gold.
11728	30-12-561	(none)	(none)	Beads. A necklace formed of 17 gold tube beads with applique filigree decoration, 16 plain gold lentoids, 34 plain lapis lentoids, 1 large gold fluted ball, 2 ditto. lapis and a number of very small carnelian rings. For order see Field Notes.
11729	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. String of lapis lentoids with 1 carnelian, 1 copper, & 1 silver bead.
11734	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above mythological beasts; below, a monkey under a tree playing pipes to 2 lions, a bull, a gazelle, and a humn-headed bird.
11737	(none)	1929,1017.560	(none)	Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. Type V.
11738	(none)	1929,1017.561	(none)	Pin. Copper with lapis ball head (stem broken). Type V.
11742B	(none)	1929,1017.240	(none)	Beads. Frontlet. Small gold ring pendants [A] (13) string on 3 rows of beads [B]: between each pair one very small lapis bead, one carnelian tubular bead, one very small lapis bead.
11743A	30-12-449	(none)	(none)	Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes).
11743B	(none)	1929,1017.265	(none)	Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes).
11743C	(none)	1929,1017.266	(none)	Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes).
11744A	30-12-629	(none)	(none)	Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows.
11744B	30-12-640	(none)	(none)	Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows.
11744C	30-12-642	(none)	(none)	Beads. A string of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows.
11744D	(none)	1929,1017.260	(none)	Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows.
11744E	(none)	1929,1017.275	(none)	Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows.
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.
11757	30-12-13	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Sides slightly convex. 2 registers: gazelles rough linear drawing.
11770	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet. Gold ring pendants (13) separated by carnelian rings & small lapis bugles. (see Field Notes).
11773	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers above, banquet scene; below, Imdugud.
11774	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above, banquet; below, seated deities (?).
11775	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin. With lapis ball head striated & capped with gold. Type V.B.
11777	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper axe. Type XIX.
11778B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Rings (20) and [B] lapis lazuli buttons (26) worn at the waist, either on a belt or on the fringe of a short cloak: see Field Notes.