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)
12127	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace 2 strings. Carnelian, lapis, gold, & banded sard. Carnelian lentoids, lapis double conoids, gold double conoids, lapis fly amulet. [drawing of amulet]
2937D.5	(none)	1927,1003.213	(none)	Necklace [D] including 15 beads carnelian-1 glass- 1 pebble- 3 crystal- 2 paste- 2 sard-and [A-C]three cylinder seals. (A) Red marble Assyrian influence about BC 700. (B) Hematite: Sun god rising sword in hand on mountain-3 lines inscription worn out-BC 2000. (C) Limestone [Drawing]. [E Tablet according to British Museum. Not attested on field card]
2937D.10	(none)	1927,1003.218	(none)	Necklace [D] including 15 beads carnelian-1 glass- 1 pebble- 3 crystal- 2 paste- 2 sard-and [A-C]three cylinder seals. (A) Red marble Assyrian influence about BC 700. (B) Hematite: Sun god rising sword in hand on mountain-3 lines inscription worn out-BC 2000. (C) Limestone [Drawing]. [E Tablet according to British Museum. Not attested on field card]
2937D.11	(none)	1927,1003.219	(none)	Necklace [D] including 15 beads carnelian-1 glass- 1 pebble- 3 crystal- 2 paste- 2 sard-and [A-C]three cylinder seals. (A) Red marble Assyrian influence about BC 700. (B) Hematite: Sun god rising sword in hand on mountain-3 lines inscription worn out-BC 2000. (C) Limestone [Drawing]. [E Tablet according to British Museum. Not attested on field card]
9008	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 42 lapis lazuli beads: blackened by fire. Double conoids, lantoids, roughly shaped ball beads, 1 large carnelian ring.
9800A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. (A) Consisting of 2 strings of beads. Upper string: 2 small lapis double conoids and 2 silver diamonds strung alternately; silver beads decayed. (B) Lower string: 2 carnelian double conoids, 1 glazed lentoid strung alternatively; glazed beads mostly perished.
8127	(none)	(none)	B16795	Necklace. 158 lapis lazuli double conoids. 51 gold double conoids. 1 double conoid facetted gold bead. [drawing] not to scale. Beads apparently strung in the following order. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads.
8439	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 29 beads in all 10 barrel carnelian, 4 silver double conoids the rest lapis double conoids. Found in ground in following order: 1 silver 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 hematite?? 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 large lapis 1 silver 3 lapis 1 carnelian 4 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian ETC Carnelian barrel beads, silver and lapis double conoids.
8441	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 29 beads. Consisting of: 1 gold ring spacer (gold ring attached to a piece of gold foil bent so as to form six loops) 2 gold ball beads 1 gold barrel bead 1 gold bugle bead 5 barrel carnelians 1 double conoid carnelian 4 carnelian ring beads 6 lapis lazuli double conoids 8 small lapis beads [drawing] gold spacer (slightly enlarged)
8137	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 90 lapis lazuli beads. Double conoids. Ball beads and a few lentoids.
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]
14317	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings lapis lazuli ovoids with 1 truncated cone lapis lazuli pendant.
14333	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings of beads; lapis barrels; carnelian rings; hematite ring beads; lapis cylindricals. For approximate order see Field Note. Also 2 lapis pendants thus: [drawing 1:1]
14273	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings. Lapis & gold double conoids; lapis & carnelian minute ring beads.
14002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 38 lapis double conoids.
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.
14335	(none)	1930,1213.92	(none)	Necklace. Glazed frit(?) fluted double conoids; 1 lapis lazuli double conoid; 1 rock crystal cylindrical; 1 carnelian ring bead.
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.
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]
13523	31-17-60	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis double conoids. Carnelian ring beads. Burnt hematite(?) ring beads. Lapis ball beads. 2 lapis frog amulets. String in original order, cf. Field note.
14325	31-17-97	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli barrels & ovoid beads and a lapis pendant in form of a half cylinder (section). [drawing]
14088	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli beads. Burnt.
15410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Lapis lazuli double conoids. Three strings.
13556	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Steatite, lapis and carnelian beads. 1 flattened calcite double conoid. For order see Field note.
7619	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 113 beads. Mostly yellowish frit. 2 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 double conoid carnelian and 1 carnelian ball bead.