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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
 | 14462C | (none) | 1930,1213.31 | (none) | [B-E] 4 copper bull's hooves. Hammered over a bitumen core. |
| 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. |
| 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] |
| 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] | |
| 15409 | (none) | 1930,1213.46 | (none) | Copper spear. Type VI.A | |
| 15515 | 31-16-555 | (none) | (none) | Bitumen. A large lump bearing on one side the imprint of coarse reed matting. | |
| 15711 | (none) | 1930,1213.328 | (none) | Terracotta plaque. Pair of demons, both standing-full face. One a bearded male, the other a female: both wearing flannel kaukanes skirts, the male figure carries a flabellum(?). | |
| 16282B | (none) | 1931,1010.414 | (none) | [A-B] Terracotta. roughly moulded in high relief two replicas from the same mould; in each case only the upper part preserved. Kassite(?). [drawing 1:1] | |
| 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. |
| 1718 | (none) | (none) | B15610 | Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5] |
| 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. | |
| 17981 | (none) | 1933,1013.175 | (none) | Cones. Clay. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17983 | (none) | 1933,1013.174 | (none) | Cones. Clay. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 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] |