Bitumen
Bitumen is a black, oily, viscous material that is a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed organic materials.
Bitumen is a black, oily, viscous material that is a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed organic materials.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10330B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Necklace Gold double conoids on a bitumen core Lapis lazuli double conoids. 3 strings: each string has 3 double conoid gold and 6 double conoid lapis |
| 10331A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold earrings Lunate large type with bitumen cores- double pendants |
| 10349A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Ear Rings Large lunate double pendants hollowed to receive bitumen. Type common to PGs 801-813 |
| 10367 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal Shell. White. Inscribed. 2 heroes each grasping a rampant bull by the tail and forcing the head back by the horns. Each hero clothed in short (sheep-skin?) skirt coming down to the knees: shirt has tasselled ends. Each hero is bearded and the hair at the back of the head is done up into a short upturned curl. Seal has copper caps set in bitumen. Caps broken and decayed. Par t of subject obliterated. A - DEN-ZU-dim Ka-su-du - A-ENZU-dim, libationer: (suggested by Dr. Rarn): A- DEN-ZU-sim - son created by EN-ZU (analogy with A-anni-padda). |
| 10390A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Pin. Rounded in section. Copper ball head on bitumen core. Adhering to the pin a [B] Cylinder Seal of shell. The stem of the pin is perforated and has a small copper ring attached to it. Originally the seal was probably suspended by a string attached to the ring on the copper pin; the string decayed and the seal became corroded onto the pin. Type V. Figs. obliterated: probably 2 heroes fighting 2 rampant beasts. The copper set in bitumen was probably really the cap of the seal; the cap fell off onto the pin which has an elongated knob head. |
| 10412 | (none) | 1928,1010.1 | (none) | Harp The upright of wood with gold cap, bound below with gold and with a bitumen shoe: in the upright are the keys, copper nails with gilt heads. The body has disappeared, but there was a vertical border of gold and lapis along the edge. On the body stood a wooden sounding-box, the edge inlaid with shell having patterns in red paint and lapis. The head of the harp, in front, was a gold bulls head with eyes, hair, and beard of lapis. Found in very bad condition, all the wood gone and only the decoration left, but that virtually in its original position |
| 10590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Reins of second bullock waggon Consisting of very large lentoid beads in silver over bitumen and some smaller facetted lentoids of lapis lazuli |
| 10944A | (none) | 1928,1010.87 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Amulets two in the form of fish. (gold over a bitumen core) the thread went through the mouth and one gill. Found with U.10943, 10945. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10944B | (none) | 1928,1010.87 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Amulets two in the form of fish. (gold over a bitumen core) the thread went through the mouth and one gill. Found with U.10943, 10945. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11450 | 30-12-496 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small, 1 of gold leaf over bitumen, lapis, silver and carnelian. | |
| 11521C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. Consisting (A) A gold frontlet, oval decorated edge with half-punctured dots, as also round the string-holes at each end: broken & parts missing. (B) Beads: a quantity of small lapis balls & a string of gold & carnelian bugles with lapis balls (see Field Notes) (C) A string-sealing of bitumen, a flattened ovoid. |
| 11566 | 30-12-14 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 registers: above, 2 bulls & trees; below, 2 gazelles & trees. | |
| 12204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Spear. Poken type. Traces of bitumen round haft. Type I. B. |
| 12749 | (none) | 1928,1010.795 | (none) | Figurine bitumen. Very crudely modelled. A seated or kneeling human figure. [drawing 1:1] |
| 13544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen Bellum. |
| 13548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. Two large lapis ovoids roughly shaped. One bitumen double conoid. [drawing 1:1] |
| 13705A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Upper quern-stone. dark grey larve. Set in a round-topped lump of bitumen which served as a handle; (B) A lower saddle quern-stone of dark lava. |
| 13713 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Model boat. In bitumen (broken). [drawing] |
| 14425 | (none) | 1930,1213.356 | (none) | Clay cone. For wall decoration: the blunt end painted black. Not in catalog. | |
| 14462B | 31-17-180 | (none) | (none) | [B-E] 4 copper bull's hooves. Hammered over a bitumen core. | |
| 14469A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ostrich shell. Badly smashed. One end decorated with mother of pearl rectangular strips and shell inlay in form of small triangles set on bitumen. |
| 14487A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two rubbing stones. Lava (pumice?). Mounted in bitumen for holding. Not in catalog. |
| 14487B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two rubbing stones. Lava (pumice?). Mounted in bitumen for holding. Not in catalog. |
| 14920A | (none) | 1930,1213.371 | (none) | Flints. Set in bitumen. Which fixed the flint either to wood or to bone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14920B | 31-16-519 | (none) | (none) | Flints. Set in bitumen. Which fixed the flint either to wood or to bone. [drawing 1:1] |