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)
10582B	(none)	(none)	B16759	Contents of Burial 789 D. A. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. B. Beads of gold, lapis and carnelian rings (double conoids) C. Silver Pin with lapis head D. [.1-.2] Silver earrings, plain wire spiral coils, E. Remains of Mosaic of lapis with very thin gold leaf and 2 ivory bulls legs.
10582C	(none)	(none)	B16731	Contents of Burial 789 D. A. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. B. Beads of gold, lapis and carnelian rings (double conoids) C. Silver Pin with lapis head D. [.1-.2] Silver earrings, plain wire spiral coils, E. Remains of Mosaic of lapis with very thin gold leaf and 2 ivory bulls legs.
10582E	(none)	1928,1010.680	(none)	Contents of Burial 789 D. A. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. B. Beads of gold, lapis and carnelian rings (double conoids) C. Silver Pin with lapis head D. [.1-.2] Silver earrings, plain wire spiral coils, E. Remains of Mosaic of lapis with very thin gold leaf and 2 ivory bulls legs.
11777	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper axe. Type XIX.
10769	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. A few lapis double conoid beads found within. These formed a bracelet.
11798	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Head. A god or hero with human face & bulls ears and horns. The eyes originally inlaid with lapis & shell: the right eye gone altogether, of the left the lapis preserved.
9919	(none)	1928,1010.356	(none)	Copper Pin Bent shaft, lapis ball head Type VI
10327	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin Broken in 3 pieces Lapis ball head with gold cap on upper and under side Type V
10333	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Curved head, surmounted by rectangular lapis head. The lapis head was not found actually in position on the pin but was hard by it and almost certainly belongs. Hole perforated below shoulder. Broken in 2 pieces. Ribbed decoration on upper portion of the stem [drawing] Type VI C
9828	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Gold and lapis ball head Hole perforated 003 from the top of stem, and copper rings passed through it. Upper and lower caps on ball head are of gold. lapis shows only in the middle [drawing] Type V
10372	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Lapis ball head Broken in 3 pieces Type V
10733	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Lapis Ball Head Broken in two pieces bead broken from top Rounded in section Type V
10336	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin Lapis ball head Type V
9085	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin Lapis ring bead head with copper cap. Broken in 3 pieces. [type] V
9043	(none)	(none)	B17481	Copper pin Rounded in section Lapis ring bead top Tip missing [drawing]
9151	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin With gold and lapis ball head the stem is pierced and through the back passes a copper ring: from this hangs apparently a very slender copper chain (almost entirely destroyed): the chain runs along the pin to the point where a silver seal (U.9150) was fixed by corrosion to the stem, and it presumably supported the seal. [Type V]
10092	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head (broken) Type V
10345	(none)	1928,1010.55	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head Broken in three pieces Type V
9736	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head Type V [drawing]
10091	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head Type V
10402	(none)	1928,1010.357	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head capped with silver (broken) Type V
9993	(none)	1928,1010.53	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head set in silver Shaft broken Type V
10341	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With lapis ball head, and gold cap on top of head Type V
9756	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin With striated ball lapis head, very thick & heavy type Type V.
8343	(none)	1928,1009.345	(none)	Copper pin with ball head of lapis lazuli. Stem broken but complete. [Type] V