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)
15410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli double conoids. Three strings.
15412	(none)	1935,0113.450	(none)	Copper pin. Straight type. Lapis lazuli ball head with gold cap. Type but slender through out.
15462	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian double conoids & cylindrical; lapis lazuli cylindrical; 2 gold balls; 1 rock crystal ball; 1 silver decorated head. [drawing] TA
15463	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: glazed cylindrical. Composite glazed ring beads. Composite glazed cylindrical in the shape of three tubes. Lapis paste cylindrical and 1 conical shell spindle whorl. Decorated with incised concentric circles. [drawing 1:1]
15473	(none)	1930,1213.522	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli.
15488	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings. A few paste cylindrical lapis lazuli paste ring beads - minute, a large number.
15809	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis and carnelian beads. Glazed balls.
16006	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli cylinder seal. Adad-rabi, son of Rim-adad. HC.30/I.2 UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain)
16115	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings; white sard lentoid; green glaze balls; paste lentoids; amethyst double conoids; breceia triangle, agate barrels and lapis paste. (for order of stringing see Field Note).
16122	31-43-50	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Banquet scene, 2 seated figures drinking from a common cup out of tubes. Behind one of them a standing figure. Poor cutting.
16136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: glass paste double conoids: ball beads; pear shaped; 1 plain amethystine; quartz scaraboid; 1 lapis paste cuboid.
16141C	31-43-136	(none)	(none)	Amulets. Frit. [A-B] A Pair. Miniature clenched fists perforated for suspension. [From Typed Transcript Only] [C] Necklace: Carnelian, lapis, bone, rock crystal, agate, amethyst. [D] Gold finger ring and [E] bone. [F] copper finger ring
16142	31-43-133	(none)	(none)	Beads: lapis paste double conoids: glazed frit double conoids; 1 amethystine quartz concial bead. [drawing]
16176	(none)	(none)	(none)	Scaraboid seal. Lapis lazuli. Palm tree.
16197	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings, one cats eye, one lapis ring
16199	(none)	1931,1010.222	(none)	Beads: Agate, lapis & frit scaraboids, one agate barrel.
16212	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: A mixed lot of paste, carnelian, agate, jasper, cats eye, crystal, breccia, sard, hematite, lapis, copper, amethyst. Order not kept.
16217C	(none)	1931,1010.226	(none)	Beads: (A) small gold lunate earring. (B) Glazed frit scaraboid; (C) A few beads, carnelian, lapis glaze, mixed shapes. Persian period.
16257	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold & Lapis Inlay. Small bits of lapis shaped shield fashion set in thin sheet gold which has been cut out to take the inlay. Most of the stones were found still in their setting and have been kept there; a few were scattered and have been replaced. The fragment lay face downwards on the threshold of the door and may have formed part of the decoration of the door itself or of the shrine behind.
16261	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small carnelian lentoids with a few carnelian balls, 3 lapis beads and a square lapis bead pierced in both directions.
16319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 37 beads. Agate lentoids, carnelian balls, glazed frit double conoids, 1 lapis lazuli double conoid, 1 rectangular calcite bead, carnelian barrels, 1 gold double conoid with ridged ends.
16324	(none)	1931,1010.249	(none)	Beads. 1 carnelian ball; 2-chalcedony lentoids; 1 hemispherical section lapis lazuli.
16353	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bracelet. carnelian balls, barrels, bugles; agate barrels; lapis double conoid; carnelian lion miniature amulet. [drawing] approx. [?]
16360	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli, unpierced. 2 registers: above, 3 standing figures - goddesses(?) in salutation. Below: 3 geese.
16363	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: 3 gold barrel beads: carnelian rings and a plain scaraboid; 3 lapis scaraboids 1 with design; 2 steatite double concoids; glass paste ring bead-broken; 1 lapis (?) ball bead. [drawing]