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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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] |
| 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. |
| 14920B | 31-16-519 | (none) | (none) | Flints. Set in bitumen. Which fixed the flint either to wood or to bone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14932 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flint Hoe (?) With traces of bitumen from the hafting at the pointed end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15145 | 37-17-64 | (none) | (none) | Beads: 4 carnelian & 1 silver ( on a bitumen core) elongated double conoids. |
| 15332 | 31-16-551 | (none) | (none) | Bitumen object. Perhaps a staff-head(?) [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15515 | 31-16-555 | (none) | (none) | Bitumen. A large lump bearing on one side the imprint of coarse reed matting. | |
| 16674A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cylinder seals. Bitumen. (A) Has 3 standing females figures. (B) Has 2 standing female figures. One end of B missing. |
| 16674B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 cylinder seals. Bitumen. (A) Has 3 standing females figures. (B) Has 2 standing female figures. One end of B missing. |
| 18294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen mace head. [drawing] |
| 18298 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of gaming board. Bitumen. Punched holes in the surface, some surrounded by circles of short radial lines (there are a good deal obliterated by rubbing) Roughly done. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17887D | 32-40-226 | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Copper bull's head. Five examples. Cast in copper and originally attached to some wooden object (from which they have been broken away) by a pin passing through the neck. All of same type but differing in size and slightly in execution all of regular Al Obaid style all in good condition. | |
| 9124B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Beads 2 Long facetted conoids. One Lapis, 1- silver over a bitumen core. [drawing] [C] Also, a silver earring [drawing] |
| 14462D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [B-E] 4 copper bull's hooves. Hammered over a bitumen core. |
| 14462E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [B-E] 4 copper bull's hooves. Hammered over a bitumen core. |