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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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] |
| 12749 | (none) | 1928,1010.795 | (none) | Figurine bitumen. Very crudely modelled. A seated or kneeling human figure. [drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.638 | (none) | (none) | |
| 9591 | (none) | 1928,1010.298 | (none) | Mosaic Fragment perhaps from a box: the woodwork was entirely perished, and all that survives is a patch of incrustation work formed of minute squares of reddish wood set in bitumen: the squares measure 4 to 5 millimetres across. |
| 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 |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.460 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1009.351 | (none) | (none) |
| 2819 | (none) | 1927,1003.148 | (none) | Clay sickle. Greenish drab model: prehistoric, with cutting edge and ends of blade painted black. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6750 | (none) | 1927,0527.225 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary. Head missing. Seated god. Full face above waist, in profile below. Right arm bent at elbow, piece of cloth? Hangs down over bare forearm, right hand holds crescent shaped object and a bag against the breast. Left arm bent at elbow and held away from the body. Left hand held upright, fingers missing. Figure is draped in a kaukanes skirt falling in 5 tiers of flounces. Arms bare, flowing beard falls down to chest. The feet of the figure, long and tapering to a point very distinctly arched, rest on paving. Throne on which figure is resting has two legs and a support in the middle. Low curved back to chair. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.217 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.216 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.215 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.213 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.212 | (none) | (none) | |
| 1214 | (none) | 1924,0920.110 | (none) | Terracotta, moulded in three-quarter round. Figure of bearded god from waist upwards, hands clasped. | |
| 773 | (none) | 1923,1110.120 | (none) | Clay model of animal intestines? of powdery poorly baked clay; afterwards accidentally burnt and damaged. Like U but in worse condition. | |
| 1718 | (none) | (none) | B15610 | Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5] |
| 2850A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2850B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3120 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small pot of bitumen. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3125 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold bead. With bitumen core blocking one hole. One end bent in. Spherical bead. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (7) in Cat. |
| 3239 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen fragment covered with blue coloring matter. Color doubtfully from lapis lazuli powder more probably copper. |
| 6578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | HEAD. STONE. - limestone, grey. Fragmentary. Traces of bitumen remain in the eye socket. Sumerian type, bald; rounded cheeks, heavy ears, well defined eye socket, eyeball protruding, bridge of nose heavy, distinct hollow running down from lower portion of nose to mouth following contour of cheek. Rounded chin. Right half of head missing, right eye, nose and mouth badly mutilated. |
| 8578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone saw. Red chert. Set in bitumen. [drawing] |
| 8783 | (none) | (none) | B17463 | Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing] |