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)
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.
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]
14932 (none) (none) (none) Flint Hoe (?) With traces of bitumen from the hafting at the pointed end. [drawing 1:1]
15409 (none) 1930,1213.46 (none) Copper spear. Type VI.A
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.
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]
19246 (none) 1935,0112.26 (none) Copper Prong. Circular-section shaft from which rise two curved prongs (not of the same length) square in section. A square-section tang was fitted into a wooden handle encased in thin copper.
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]
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.
10556C (none) (none) B17684 [A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes
(none) (none) 1935,0113.356 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1935,0113.358 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1935,0113.359 (none) (none)
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