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)
10588B	(none)	(none)	B16740B	Head ornament. A. Gold Ribbon B. Wreath of lapis and carnelian beads with gold mulberry-leaf pendants. C. [.1-.2] Large Gold Lunate Earrings D. Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette petals [Drawing] E. [.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. F. A silver pin, circular in section. Lapis ball head broken off. G. Silver and gold double conoids single string-gold and silver alternate.
10588G	(none)	(none)	B16737	Head ornament. A. Gold Ribbon B. Wreath of lapis and carnelian beads with gold mulberry-leaf pendants. C. [.1-.2] Large Gold Lunate Earrings D. Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette petals [Drawing] E. [.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. F. A silver pin, circular in section. Lapis ball head broken off. G. Silver and gold double conoids single string-gold and silver alternate.
10588F	(none)	(none)	B16736	Head ornament. A. Gold Ribbon B. Wreath of lapis and carnelian beads with gold mulberry-leaf pendants. C. [.1-.2] Large Gold Lunate Earrings D. Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette petals [Drawing] E. [.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. F. A silver pin, circular in section. Lapis ball head broken off. G. Silver and gold double conoids single string-gold and silver alternate.
10889	(none)	(none)	B16735	Beads Big double conoids of gold (plated) lapis and carnelian For order see Field Notes
9936	(none)	(none)	B16734	Beads, etc. From a diadem. 1 large gold lentoid bead; 4 ditto. lapis; and with them fragments of a silver chain. See field notes.
10424	(none)	(none)	B16733	Beads 3 lapis, 3 gold Unusually large lentoids, facetted
10582C	(none)	(none)	B16731	Contents of Burial 789 D. A. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. B. Beads of gold, lapis and carnelian rings (double conoids) C. Silver Pin with lapis head D. [.1-.2] Silver earrings, plain wire spiral coils, E. Remains of Mosaic of lapis with very thin gold leaf and 2 ivory bulls legs.
8226A	(none)	(none)	B16730	[A] Silver pin with plain ball head of lapis capped with gold. The shaft is pierced just below the head: [B] the 7 beads found just by it may have been fixed to the pin by this hole. The beads are catalogued with the pin. See field notes. [Type] V
10940	(none)	(none)	B16729	Gold Pin. With lapis ball head. Type V. On the right upper arm with the cylinder seal U.10939
10872	(none)	(none)	B16728	Cylinder Seal Lapis 2 registers: above, 2 seated figures facing with three attendants standing; below, (shrine?) (or table?) with standing servitor, a harpist and 2 other standing figures facing him, a servant, a seated figure and an attendant.
10448A	(none)	(none)	B16727	Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli, with 2 registers. Figures sitting, drinking and eating, with standing attendants, and inscription: -A-bar(a)-gi(n). Found on the near side of the box with beads and other small objects.
10985	(none)	(none)	B16726	Amulet. Lapis. In form of a bearded bull, reclining attached to an oblong carnelian bead and a lapis double diamond. [drawing 1:1]
10878	(none)	(none)	B16721	Gold finger ring In the middle of the band, 3 rows of cable pattern : round each edge an inlaid line of lapis lazuli (much of the stone missing)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16716	(none)
10952	(none)	(none)	B16713	Lapis handle (?) Octagonal in section with through it a hole increasing in size to an oval 20mm, long. [drawing]
9979	(none)	(none)	B16705	Wreath of 14 gold mulberry leaves strung with small lapis bugles and carnelian rings. Original order.
8214	(none)	(none)	B16704	Silver suspenders. A plain ring of silver wire from which hangs a spacer for 3 strings of beads: they appeared to hang from the head this way up, but two were found corroded together in opposite directions. [drawing 1:1]
10552	(none)	(none)	B16695	Whetstone Lapis On a gold ring
10982A	(none)	(none)	B16694	Gold Amulet. [A] Wheel rosette. Attached apparently to a number of very small gold and lapis beads [B] : but there is no means of attachment. Alternate petals one inlaid with lapis, and the others left clear. [drawing 1:1]
10982B	(none)	(none)	B16694	Gold Amulet. [A] Wheel rosette. Attached apparently to a number of very small gold and lapis beads [B] : but there is no means of attachment. Alternate petals one inlaid with lapis, and the others left clear. [drawing 1:1]
10937	(none)	(none)	B16693	Gold Head Ornament. Pin rising to big flat palm from which rise 7 branches thinning down to wires: these are connected high up by a twisted gold wire: at the end of each is a gold rosette with lapis centre (if there were petals of inlay these are missing). [drawing]
11154	(none)	(none)	B16692	Gold Ostrich Shell. Natural size, open at the top to make a vase: Decorated on the base and round rim with incrustation work in shell, lapis, and red stone. All the incrustation had fallen off, but has been partially restored on the analogy of the silver shell and of the real ostrich shells from the same grave.
10948B	(none)	(none)	B16684	Gold Crown. Formed of beads and figurines, etc. sewn onto a fillet of leather. The background was composed of minute beads of lapis and gold--the latter short tubular lengths. Against these stood out: (A) 4 pairs of animals, viz. 2 antlered stags. 2 bearded bulls, 2 gazelles, 2 rams. (B) Small 8-petalled rosettes. (C) Plant ornaments, viz. Ears of corn, pomegranates, bunches composed of 3 fruit and 3 leaves, plants with rough stems (gold-leaf over silver) and gold and carnelian pods. (D) 8 Twisted wire palmettes for the order of them see field notes.
6614B	(none)	(none)	B16391	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
6613A	(none)	(none)	B16389	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.