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)
10587G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornaments. A. Gold Ribbon. B. Wreath of lapis and carnelian beads with gold mulberry leaves. C. Large gold lunate earring. D. Silver pin with lapis ball head. E. Silver head ornament much broken: the tips with inlaid rosettes (seperate) F. [F and H] 2 earrings, silver wire spiral coils. G. Necklace of lapis, silver and gold double conoid beads (? only the lapis cataloged).
9160	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inlay Square shell plaques with 5 dots of lapis inset. [drawing] 1:1
3143	(none)	1927,1003.252	(none)	Inlay fragment. Chevron of fine lapis. [drawing 1:1]
9320	(none)	(none)	B16972	Inlay(?) Lapis A square with 5 dots of white inset
8244	(none)	1928,1009.526	(none)	Inscribed Ostrich Egg. Ostrich Egg all broken, it had been excavated with mother of pearl, lapis, and lumanae or red-paste for order etc. see field notes.
12316	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lamp. Cut out of a large shell. Head of bird engraved upon it and in the head an inlaid eye of Lapis Lazuli.
10563	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis beads 2 large facetted lentoids & a number of small double conoids and striated balls.
10564	(none)	(none)	B16760	Lapis Beads Double Conoids
10952	(none)	(none)	B16713	Lapis handle (?) Octagonal in section with through it a hole increasing in size to an oval 20mm, long. [drawing]
10842	(none)	(none)	B17102	Lapis lazuli big lumps, in the rough
9837B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis Lazuli ball bead and part of stem of copper pin. Rest not found. Type V. [drawing] approx 1:1
12255	(none)	1929,1017.401	(none)	Lapis Lazuli Bead. Large facetted lentoid; part of a frontlet.
6823	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli bead. Mussel shaped. E. [drawing 1:1]
8008	(none)	(none)	B16815	Lapis lazuli beads. A great number, all small, some minute. With lapis spacers for 3 parallel strings.
2918	(none)	1927,1003.253	(none)	Lapis lazuli bull. Couchant with head turned. Pierced in three places for suspension.
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)
493	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal, pointed topped, like U 486. Subject, a fish. [drawing]
1146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal. Human figurre incised. [drawing]
494	(none)	1923,1110.196	(none)	Lapis lazuli seal. Scaraboid. Subject [drawing]
139	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis lazuli. Fr of inlay. Apparently hair. [drawing 1:1]
16801	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapsi lazuli cylinder seal. ^d.En-ki, ^d.Dam-gal-nun-na.
8004	(none)	1928,1009.84	(none)	Large ball bead of lapis with gold caps. Sphere with ribbed sides.
3302	(none)	(none)	(none)	Large bead. Fine quality lapis lazuli. Flat. Sketch 1:1. [drawing 1:1]
18952	(none)	(none)	(none)	Limestone bowl. Type 16b.
18657	(none)	(none)	(none)	Limestone bowl. The base broken in antiquity and mended with bitumen. Sides slightl convex.