Alabaster
Alabaster is a synonym of calcite, and is used mainly in vessels. It is deposited in layers, viging it its banded appearance. This material's color is colorless, white, brown, and opaque. The alabaster in Egypt and the Near East is usually the Calcium Alabaster rather than the Gypsum Alabaster.
Alabaster is a synonym of calcite, and is used mainly in vessels. It is deposited in layers, viging it its banded appearance. This material's color is colorless, white, brown, and opaque. The alabaster in Egypt and the Near East is usually the Calcium Alabaster rather than the Gypsum Alabaster.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15275 | Unknown | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16318 | Unknown | |
 | 108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of alabaster vase. =RC..91a. [drawing] |
| 11529 | 30-12-75 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Spill-vase of white calcite. LXXXVI. [drawing] | |
| 11586 | 30-12-697 | (none) | (none) | Alabaster Box. Square, with 4 holes square above and circular below. | |
| 11587 | 30-12-84 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type XL. [drawing] | |
| 1167 | (none) | 1924,0920.397 | (none) | Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase. |
| 11803 | 30-12-89 | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. | |
| 11933 | 30-12-83 | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. White calcite. [Drawing] Type CXXVII | |
| 12025 | 30-12-90 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXI. [drawing] | |
| 12135 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster Lamp. In imitation of shell. At spout end a bearded bull in relief. |
| 12265 | (none) | 1929,1017.664 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Alabaster. Type same as U.12236. [Type] LXXI. |
| 12310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster vase. Spill type. Broken. [Type] II. |
| 12601 | 30-12-74 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Spill type. Calcite. Type II. | |
| 12696D | (none) | 1928,1017.685 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper pin with curled head [Type] VII. [drawing] [B] (2) Silver wire earrings 2 1/2 coils. [C] (3) Silver and lapis lentoid beads strung in alternate pairs [D] (4) Alabaster miniature spill vase [Type] CII [D]. [drawing] |
| 13680 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment. Inscribed with beginning of dedication(?) dBARA den-lil-gar-ra ddumu-zi E-IGI-NIM. HC.8 |
| 13722 | 31-17-24 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 13799 | (none) | 1935,0113.377 | (none) | Spill vase. Alabaster (white calcite) much broken. [Type] XLVII. |
| 138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Fr of With remains of inscription in square frame. [drawing] thus |
| 14207 | 31-16-412 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Nicked rim. Same as U.13589 [Type] XLIII. | |
| 14291 | 31-16-447 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type XLIII. Nicked rim. Type XLIII. [drawing 2:5] |
| 14459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Alabaster. Translucent. Decorated with a shallow nicked ridge. [Type] CIV. JN3. |
| 15116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent alabaster. Type same as PG 1824 (1). CVIII. |
| 15117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White alabaster. Crushed, distorted and smashed. CVIII. |
| 15118 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent alabaster. Found adhering to U.15116. Type XII (RC22b). JN5b [drawing 2:5] |
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