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.
Objects: Bitumen Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2819 | (none) | 1927,1003.148 | (none) | Clay sickle. Greenish drab model: prehistoric, with cutting edge and ends of blade painted black. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 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. | |
| 14425 | (none) | 1930,1213.356 | (none) | Clay cone. For wall decoration: the blunt end painted black. Not in catalog. | |
| 8783 | (none) | (none) | B17463 | Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing] | |
| 15515 | 31-16-555 | (none) | (none) | Bitumen. A large lump bearing on one side the imprint of coarse reed matting. | |
| 15332 | 31-16-551 | (none) | (none) | Bitumen object. Perhaps a staff-head(?) [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 18294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen mace head. [drawing] |
| 3239 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen fragment covered with blue coloring matter. Color doubtfully from lapis lazuli powder more probably copper. |
| 8848 | (none) | (none) | B17315 | Bitumen bellum. | |
| 8849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen bellum. |
| 13544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen Bellum. |
| 8846 | (none) | (none) | B17314 | BITUMEN BELLUM | |
| 8847 | (none) | (none) | B17313 | Bitumen bellum | |
| 2850A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2850B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15145 | 37-17-64 | (none) | (none) | Beads: 4 carnelian & 1 silver ( on a bitumen core) elongated double conoids. |
| 11450 | 30-12-496 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small, 1 of gold leaf over bitumen, lapis, silver and carnelian. | |
| 10090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Large lentoids, 2 lapis, 1 silver, 2 bitumen(broken) NB the carnelian rings probably went between the large beads |
| 10006 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Double conoids of gold and lapis The larger gold beads are of foil over bitumen, the smaller more solid: the largest are unusually large, both in gold and lapis |
| 13548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. Two large lapis ovoids roughly shaped. One bitumen double conoid. [drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | 98-9-123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-526 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.356 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.358 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.359 | (none) | (none) |