Inlays
This category includes pieces of material used for decorating other objects.
This category includes pieces of inlay for furniture, boxes, other objects whose usage is unclear.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9365 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Decorated silver disk with central boss of electrum. d. 0.09 m. In poor condition. |
| 9510 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Shale pieces for Inlay. One a disk with a shallow diametrical groove on one side, the other a circular piece, flat on one side, convex on the other. Originally both may have been fitted together as an inlaid eye for a statue. Criss-cross impressions on each are perhaps to be attributed to a fibrous material by which the two were originally fixed together. |
| 9905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Inlay Small figure in silhouette, broken, and the head missing Male(?) figure wearing kaukanes of early type with 3 rows of fringes, advancing left. In the left hand a short staff [drawing] 1:1 Good early work. |
| 9906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Inlay Small figure in silhouette (head missing) A servant (?) wearing a fringed skirt advances left holding with both hands two piles of pots, each pile containing 4 ordinary tumblers [drawing] 1:1 |
| 10059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Object Covered with small hollow studs The metal is very thin and was laid over a wooden base of which plentiful traces remained. The shape was difficult to determine, but the studs, etc., covered nearly the whole of one end of the annex though more plentiful on the side next to the coffin. It might have been a shield? |
| 10308 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Inlay Probably originally set on the butt end of the handle of the copper axe: U.10307. The inlay consists of 1 - hemispherical cap perforated through the middle, 2 rounded nail heads and leaf-shaped fragments [drawing] |
| 10437B | (none) | (none) | B16753 | [A-B] Shell Carving 2 pieces found together; floral motive; on one (A) is a tiny lion. Use unknown. [drawing] 1:1 A [drawing] 1:1 B |
| 10438E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10442 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mosaic in shell and lapis Part of the decoration of the big box, occupying the middle of the near side. The background is of lapis, the figures shell. All had fallen from their position and in all cases the face of the shell was so decayed that little of the design remains. Most of the design was figures, but there were also bits of purely decorative design. One part of each was sufficiently in situ to be waxed: the rest picked out in fragments. |
| 10475 | (none) | (none) | B17066 | Copper Object ? armour ? But it was apparently nailed into a wooden background. [drawing] Embossed on it two figures of lions and two of men and below, a disk with 8-petalled rosette. | |
| 12176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay. From a box? Squares & triangles of mother of pearl, red & black stone. |
| 12326 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell inlay. Soldier wearing a helmet and carrying a battle-axe. Hair done up in a chignon at back of head protruding beyond helmet: over left shoulder clothing in shape of a fleece, and under chin a beard; fleece & beard indicated by undulating lines. Head in profile, torso full face. All the incisions originally had black paint. Figure missing below waist- this must have been of some other material. This was found in conjunction with large pieces of slate that had evidently formed the framework to contain shell carvings, cf. Kish plaques. With the slate framework was found a large triangular piece of mother of pearl. |
| 12327 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone Inlay. Fragment. Bald-headed Sumerian punting a bellum. Same as U.11400. |
| 12435B | 30-12-484 | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper bull's head and shell plaques [B]. From a wooden harp. The head (?) that of a calf rather than a bull is in good condition except that the horns are both damaged: the eyes are of lapis and shell and a triangular piece of lapis is inlaid in the forehead. The collar was of white shell triangles and lapis square. The shell plaques have, above, 3 rows of geometric design, each row on a separate strip of shell: then a figure scene, a single strip of geometrical design, another figure scene and 2 strips of geometrical design at the base. The figure scenes are in the mosaic, the white shell figures silhouetted against a composite background of lapis. In upper, a figure seated left holds in his raised right hand a cup while an attendant stands before him. In lower scene, 2 figures advance right, each with his hands raised and clasped in front of him. All the figures wear the fleeced skirt with a belt which forms a tail-like tassel behind: all are clean shaven as to the face but the standing figure s have a lock of hair hanging down the back of the head. | |
| 15803 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay. Mother of pearl. Including small animal carvings. |
| 16135 | 31-43-184 | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Alabaster. White. Elliptical shaped pierced with 5 circular holes, intercommunicating. [drawing 1:1 plan and elevation] |
| 16245 | 31-43-185 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of tridachna shell engraved with the head of a lion or monster, apparently winged. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16257 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold & Lapis Inlay. Small bits of lapis shaped shield fashion set in thin sheet gold which has been cut out to take the inlay. Most of the stones were found still in their setting and have been kept there; a few were scattered and have been replaced. The fragment lay face downwards on the threshold of the door and may have formed part of the decoration of the door itself or of the shrine behind. |
| 16270A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Fragment of Inlay in gold, carnelian & lapis from the decoration of walls or objects in the BC rooms. [A] A gold star (6-pointed) and [B] 2 sun's rays of gold & carnelian from room 2 [crossed out] 7 9 [written beside] in Bur-Sins SE annex. [C] Agate [drawing] from Dungi room 1 [crossed out] 4. [D] Corrugated gold leaf, agate strip & square glass paste(?) tessera from Bur-Sins room 2 in SE annex. [drawing] |
| 16298 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Faience Inlay. Fragments (one complete) of pear-shaped pieces, and of others of black shell(?) burnt. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16428 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Inlay. Fragment. Lower part of draped figure in 1/2 round, with attchment behind for fixing by wire (into wood?) very fine work. |
| 16927E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 17108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone head. Dark steatite. For amulet (or for inlay?) unfinished work. |
| 17360 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Date stone. Jasper (?) Reddish. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17407A | 31-43-235 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 steatite knobs. For inlay. With a rosette pattern on the upper side consisting of a 8 shell petals with one inlaid shell center piece enclosed in a dark blue paste ring. Perforated with three holes for purpose of fixing. Tab anal. [drawing] |
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