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)
8274A	(none)	1928,1009.90	(none)	[A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings .
8274B	(none)	(none)	B16825	[A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings .
9561B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Necklaces. 2. Found in original order. (A) Middle of string in front, 1 silver flattened conoid, 1 double conoid rock crystal; 1 copper ball bead, 1 lentoid jasper, 1 copper ball bead; 1 banded sard; 1 copper ball bead; 1 banded sard, 1 copper ball bead. Rest of string composed of flattened silver double conoids. (B) String of lapis lazuli double axe and ball beads.
10465A	(none)	(none)	B17064	[A-B] Silver Lions heads two with inlaid eyes Photo
9777B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Spindles a pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender (broken into 4 pieces and whorl also separate.)
8019A	(none)	1928,1009.142	(none)	[A-B] Two lapis eye sockets. Intended to have shell iris set in (cf. one attached to U.8013)
11839A	(none)	1929,1017.310	(none)	[A-C based on museum divisions] Beads Lapis. Lentoids and bugles = probably both belonging to a wreath of silver beech leaves (which were all decayed). [D-E] With these, 2 hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, and [F] a large lunate earring of the Queen Shub-ad type, but in silver: a long silver wire may belong to this.
11839B	(none)	1929,1017.312	(none)	[A-C based on museum divisions] Beads Lapis. Lentoids and bugles = probably both belonging to a wreath of silver beech leaves (which were all decayed). [D-E] With these, 2 hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, and [F] a large lunate earring of the Queen Shub-ad type, but in silver: a long silver wire may belong to this.
11839C	(none)	1929,1017.315	(none)	[A-C based on museum divisions] Beads Lapis. Lentoids and bugles = probably both belonging to a wreath of silver beech leaves (which were all decayed). [D-E] With these, 2 hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, and [F] a large lunate earring of the Queen Shub-ad type, but in silver: a long silver wire may belong to this.
6257C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Duck Weights. [A-B] 2 Black Haematite. [C] 1 Lapis Lazuli. A and B to E [Expedition]. [drawing C 1:1] Type VI.
9623A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Necklaces 3 separate strings all from same grave; gold double conoids and ball beads; on copper cores, silver flattened double conoids, lapis lazenges, ball beads, double conoids, carnelian double conoids, minute ring beads. 1 Agate lentoid 1 jasper lentoid 1 shell? bead [drawing] For order of stringing cf. Field Note.
9623B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Necklaces 3 separate strings all from same grave; gold double conoids and ball beads; on copper cores, silver flattened double conoids, lapis lazenges, ball beads, double conoids, carnelian double conoids, minute ring beads. 1 Agate lentoid 1 jasper lentoid 1 shell? bead [drawing] For order of stringing cf. Field Note.
9623C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Necklaces 3 separate strings all from same grave; gold double conoids and ball beads; on copper cores, silver flattened double conoids, lapis lazenges, ball beads, double conoids, carnelian double conoids, minute ring beads. 1 Agate lentoid 1 jasper lentoid 1 shell? bead [drawing] For order of stringing cf. Field Note.
11883E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Roundels, [A-B] 2 of shell, [C] 1 of shale, [D] and an oval-topped shell button inlaid with a rosette of red & blue petals. D. 220mm [E] Broken pin of type VI, but with head missing; possibly this is all one composite pin-head, or perhaps only the roundels are such, as they would give just the effect of a lapis ball set in gold or silver. [drawing]
9999C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver
9999A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver
9999B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver
10592A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Beads three strings (see Field Notes) mixed up together: lapis silver & carnelian beads A: Lapis double conoids; B: silver lentoids. C: Lapis lentoids with some carnelian rings.
10592C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Beads three strings (see Field Notes) mixed up together: lapis silver & carnelian beads A: Lapis double conoids; B: silver lentoids. C: Lapis lentoids with some carnelian rings.
11806C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Gold Ornaments. 3 disks, 2 of open-work, with central rosette & rayed border, one with concentric circles of gold & lapis & red cloisonne. This formed the centre, and from their position they would seem to have been attached to the bead chain U.11807 q.v.
11809A	(none)	1929,1017.12	(none)	[A-D] 4 Gold Frontlets. Each with 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 lapis & 1 gold lentoid beads, 2 carnelian rings.
11809B	30-12-618	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Gold Frontlets. Each with 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 lapis & 1 gold lentoid beads, 2 carnelian rings.
11809C	30-12-619	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Gold Frontlets. Each with 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 lapis & 1 gold lentoid beads, 2 carnelian rings.
11809D	30-12-756	(none)	(none)	[A-D] 4 Gold Frontlets. Each with 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 lapis & 1 gold lentoid beads, 2 carnelian rings.
10445C	(none)	1928,1010.160	(none)	[A-D] 4 long slender rods of copper, two silver plated [A,B], two gold plated [C,D]. Corroded together at ? and the gold rods were found apart and are formally 2 distinct rods. Use quite unknown: nothing found with them to explain.