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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17625E | (none) | 1932,1008.35 | (none) | Inlay. Shell: [A-F] Six fragments of white shell cut in strips 38mm wide and decorated with 3 horizontal rows of 'mountain' design: the top and bottom rows are merely outlined with a double incised line which was filled in with black: the middle row is champleve and filled in with bright red paste of which a good deal is preserved. [drawing] |
| 17754 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay. Shell. Ingraved with 'mountain' pattern of overlapping scales. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18109A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period. |
| 18198 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay. Bone. Strip of, decorated with compass - drawn incised circles. |
| 18226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Sheet gold. a strip of fairly heavy metal bent double lengthways as if to form an edging, but the sharp point is solid. |
| 18251 | (none) | 1933,1013.90 | (none) | Fragment of inlay. Shell. On one side, plain grooving, part of a hair pattern (probably for the flounce of a skirt): on the other side, very faint, a human figure, from the neck downwards, wearing a kaunakes and advancing right. Top missing. The inlay has been reused and the figure design seems to be the earlier. |
| 18260A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements] |
| 18309 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of inlay. White limestone. From a frieze of Al Obaid type. A man, naked except for a loin cloth, kneeling on one knee and wielding a paddle or punt-pole (?). The head missing. |
| 18313A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay. Fragments of grey steatite. Hair of head or beard from a large figure. [drawing] [A] One large piece thus [reference to drawing]. [B] One fragment from the upper part perhaps fitting on, [C] and one single curl |
| 18314A | (none) | 1933,1013.99 | (none) | Inlay. 2 fragments of, fitting together. Grey steatite. The hair of a large figure, carved in horizontal ripples with the single hairs denoted by roughly engraved wavy lines. [drawing] |
| 18358 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold leaf. Fragment of very thin metal cut out for inlay with small shield-shaped stones arranged in rows. |
| 19086 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay, or gaming pieces and inlay. 7 shell squares each originally engraved which were inlaid between borders of narrow brown wood(?) strips: also 5 shale disks each inlaid with 5 large white dots and 1, 2, or 3 small red dots; and two square shale pieces each inlaid with 5 white dots (probably there were more which were lost); the shell squares are inlay, the others may be gaming pieces. [drawing 1:1] |
| 20080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Disk of white limestone. Flat below, convex above. Pierced with central hole, and 8 depressions as for inlay. [drawing] |
| 18109B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period. |
| 18109C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period. |
| 18109D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bone inlay. 4 flat pieces of bone incised with rows of concentric circles [A-D] (D. 10mm)= each has 2 holes for attachment. (A) With 2 rows of circles. (B) With 1 row of holes. (C and D) Like B, but both broken. Persian period. |
| 18260B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements] |
| 18260C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of inlay. Shell, with traces of red paint design of scles thus: [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]. (A) As drawn. (B) [measurements] (C) [measurements] |
| 18314B | (none) | 1933,1013.100 | (none) | Inlay. 2 fragments of, fitting together. Grey steatite. The hair of a large figure, carved in horizontal ripples with the single hairs denoted by roughly engraved wavy lines. [drawing] |
| 225B | (none) | 1923,1110.124 | (none) | [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. [drawing 1:1] |
| 225C | (none) | 1923,1110.125 | (none) | [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. [drawing 1:1] |
| 225D | (none) | 1923,1110.126 | (none) | [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. [drawing 1:1] |
| 225E | (none) | 1923,1110.127 | (none) | [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. [drawing 1:1] |
| 225F | (none) | 1923,1110.128 | (none) | [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. [drawing 1:1] |
| 225G | (none) | 1923,1110.129 | (none) | [A-M] Pieces of faience inlay. Pierced traversely for attachment. Color green. Much faded. [drawing 1:1] |
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