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)
13553	31-17-63	(none)	(none)	Beads: 20 in all, including: 4 gold ( double conoid) (1 fluted ball); 3 carnelian (2cylindrical) (! double conoid); 1 agate tubular; 1 lapis double conoid; 6 lapis barrels; 2 flattened agate double conoid; 2 rock crystal ball beads with frit(?) eyes.
13554	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps. Type V A.
13556	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Steatite, lapis and carnelian beads. 1 flattened calcite double conoid. For order see Field note.
13557	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin. Bent type. tip missing. Lapis head with gold caps. Type VI. B.
13562	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin. Bent type. Lapis ball head with gold caps. Type. VI. C.
13572	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis and silver double conoids. Order not identified.
13594	31-17-140	(none)	(none)	Beads. Minute gold double conoid sard barrel, lapis ring bead.
13595	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver pin. Lapis ball head (broken) Type. V.A.
13744A	31-17-103	(none)	(none)	Beads. Mostly white shell: with them 2 white shell plaques, one oblong, one diamond shaped and some lapis and carnelian rings. For order see field notes.
13781	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Pin. With fluted lapis ball head. Type V.B.
13784	31-17-132	(none)	(none)	Beads. One gold and three (discolored) lapis very large facetted lentoids. (the gold one of thin metal over bitumen, now split open) and 2 smaller lapis ditto: with them probably were carnelian rings (with 13783) but original order unknown.
13797B	31-17-136	(none)	(none)	[A-G] Beads. Double conoids of gold & (discolored) lapis.
14002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 38 lapis double conoids.
14007	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 2 strings of beads. Lapis lazuli and a few carnelian rings clasped at back by a lapis pendant, 1 lapis cylindrical bead. [drawing 1:1]
14018	31-17-251	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin, Lapis ball head. Striaght type. Broken in 2 pieces. Type V.A.
14026	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bracelet. Triangular spacers of minute gold ball beads and in between the gold spacers, carnelian ring beads minute, and lapis ring beads minute. The bracelet was therefore made up of gold, -lapis, -gold, -carnelian, -gold, -lapis, alternating in that sequence.
14029	31-17-147	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Gold and lapis ovoid beads. For order see Field note. With a sard clasp flattened ovoid shaped. [drawing]
14036	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Gold & lapis ovoid beads. 4 strings of beads. The strings were all fastened through a circular clasp of lapis lazuli. For order see field note.
14041	31-17-17	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above; bird-headed men sucking drink from a bowl through a tube. Below; spread eagle and a pair of goats.
14047	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 4 strings of beads. Lapis lazuli double conoids; carnelian cylindrical; 2 gold double conoids; 2 pendants - one of lapis lazuli, one of carnelian; One flattened double conoid, one flattened ovoid. For order of stringing see Field Note.
14056	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: carnelian rings, 1 barrel and 1 double conoid. 2 lapis double conoids.
14066	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 beads: large double conoids. Dark stone. Possibly burnt lapis.
14073	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: a few lapis double conoids; carnelian ring beads and a pear-shaped rock crystal pendant.
14075	(none)	(none)	(none)	3 beads; 2 lapis cylindrical; 1 silver double conoid.
14086	31-17-83	(none)	(none)	2 lapis lazuli beads: facetted double conoids.