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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Stone vases in stand. White calcite. Type JN 27 |
| 6440 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster block. Holes piered in sides. E. [drawing] |
| 903 | (none) | (none) | B14973 | Alabaster bowl 3 fragments. In fine pink-veined alabaster. | |
| 888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of in veined and colored alabaster. |
| 890 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of with remains of projecting solid handle on one side. Remains of inscription. |
| 2740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment. From shallow bowl, scalloped on outside. |
| 138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Fr of With remains of inscription in square frame. [drawing] thus |
| 899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Fragment of in crystaline alabaster. |
| 64 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. In very bad condition, stained and whole surface eroded, much of rim broken away. [drawing 1:2] |
| 416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Perfectly plain: rim chipped. Otherwise complete. Part of a foundation deposit (?) Type |
| 11586 | 30-12-697 | (none) | (none) | Alabaster Box. Square, with 4 holes square above and circular below. | |
| 885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster cup fragments of straight-sided cup or tumbler in pinkish alabaster. |
| 6332 | (none) | (none) | B16208, B16208 | Alabaster cup with inscription. Fragment. To the god A-Si(g) (who pours/gives water) |
| 884A | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 | |
| 884B | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 |
| 884C | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 |
| 279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment of bowl. Beginning of second line of royal inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 287 | (none) | (none) | B14946, B14946 | Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed with a dedication to Nin-arag-nun-na (probably Ningal). Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 255 | (none) | 1923,1110.23 | (none) | Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed. |
| 257 | (none) | 1923,1110.15 | (none) | Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed. Dedication by [crossed out] for (?) [annotated] Dungi. Part of same bowl as U.248. Joined to U.248 and 260. Copied and Transliterated Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 259 | (none) | (none) | B14935, B14935 | Alabaster fragment of vase. Inscribed with a text mentioning the destruction of ninni-IB [Crossed out] Erin-Ki (i.e. Susa) and the dedication of the vase from the booty. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 13680 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment. Inscribed with beginning of dedication(?) dBARA den-lil-gar-ra ddumu-zi E-IGI-NIM. HC.8 |
| 6410 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment. Figurine in low relief on one side of man holding an object against his chest in left hand. Next to him a pig beneath an ark. On the other side a peacock also beneath the ark. Borrom of ark represented by plain band 1mm in thickness rising upwards at the end in a curve. B. [drawing 1:2] |
| 897 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment. From a figure of a lion (or sirus) carved in very high relief as part of the decoration of a mace head. [drawing] |
| 19744 | 35-1-43 | (none) | (none) | Alabaster lamp. |
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