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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1521 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription. |
| 15451 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabastron. Alabaster. Persian. [drawing 2:5] |
| 15661 | (none) | 1930,1213.171 | (none) | Vase. Fragment. Alabaster. Part of 2 lines of dedication to a god NE...(possibley Ne-Dar??) writing irregular and probably very archaic. HC.21 |
| 15773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White alabaster. Type: same as U.15101. CVIII. |
| 15775 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster alabastron. 2 small lug handles. |
| 16135 | 31-43-184 | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Alabaster. White. Elliptical shaped pierced with 5 circular holes, intercommunicating. [drawing 1:1 plan and elevation] |
| 16530 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase-stem of grey and white marble. Ur-Nammu: dedication to Gilgamesh. H.C. 30/IV,1 |
| 16625A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fly(?) amulet. 3 alabaster; 1 veined; 2 white. Perforated head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16625B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fly(?) amulet. 3 alabaster; 1 veined; 2 white. Perforated head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16625C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fly(?) amulet. 3 alabaster; 1 veined; 2 white. Perforated head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1696 | (none) | 1924,0920.396 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Fragment. With remains of archaic inscription. |
| 18436 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. [Type] 50. [drawing] |
| 18437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster. [Type] 55. [drawing 2:5] |
| 18459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 18516 | 33-35-100 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Banded limestone. [Type] 10. [drawing] |
| 19060 | 35-1-198 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 62. | |
| 19171 | 35-1-195 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b. | |
| 19223 | (none) | 1935,0112.81 | (none) | Beads. Lapis tubes & ovals, quartzite double conoids; also a quantity of shell rings, and some small shells pierced as beads. |
| 19400 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 |
| 19401 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 |
| 19405 | 35-1-180 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. (alabaster) Type JN 26 |
| 19406 | 35-1-181 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 | |
| 19407 | 35-1-182b | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 |
| 19409 | 35-1-521 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type 27 |
| 19416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
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