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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 36 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster, coarse, broken and mended but imperfect. Coarse-grained stone, stained yellow inside. Type 20 new. [drawing] |
| 35 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster, veined. [drawing 1:2] |
| 18437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster. [Type] 55. [drawing 2:5] |
| 908 | (none) | 1923,1110.22 | (none) | Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son. |
| 284 | (none) | (none) | B14937, B14937 | Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 274 | (none) | 1923,1110.29 | (none) | Burnt fragment of alabaster vase. Dedicated by a patesi of UD.NUN.KI. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 9724 | (none) | (none) | B17136 | Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII | |
| 8575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313) |
| 108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of alabaster vase. =RC..91a. [drawing] |
| 1521 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription. |
| 1167 | (none) | 1924,0920.397 | (none) | Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase. |
| 250 | (none) | 1923,1110.14 | (none) | Fragment of alabaser vase or mace head. Inscribed with a dedication recording the fact that it was dedicated in E-Gis-Sir-Gal. [Annotated] Joined to U.247. |
| 272 | (none) | 1923,1110.16 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Ends of lines of a rudely scratched inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Inscribed in rude manner. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 439 | (none) | (none) | B14934 | Fragment of alabaster from a vessel or mace head. Inscribed. Duplicate of U.259 [Crossed out] Refers to a looting of Susa c.f. U.259 Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 288 | (none) | (none) | B14945, B14945 | Fragment of Alabaster jar. End of first 3 lines of a dedication to Nannar. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster jar. Fragment of one sign remains. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 269 | (none) | (none) | B14944, B14944 | Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed with the name and titles of Dungi. |
| 254 | (none) | 1923,1110.27 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed. Dedicated to dDungi by his daughter ME-dEnlil. Copied and Translated. Placed in IN/No.1 |
| 6333 | (none) | (none) | B16518, B16518 | Fragment of alabaster vase of Rimush after plundering of (Bara)-ah-sumki and Elam. Cf. SAKI p. 162 (c) H.C. E. |
| 296 | (none) | 1923,1110.26 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase, rim. Inscription of Dungi, only titles. Placed in IN/No.1 |
| 252 | (none) | (none) | B14943, B14943 | Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscribed. Dedicated by Ur-Engur. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. Rudely inscribed, only first sign of three lines remain. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 6362 | (none) | (none) | B16207, B16207 | Fragment of alabaster vase. To Ningal, his lady, for the life of Sumuili, the mighty man, king of Ur?(P/16207) H.C. E |
| 260 | (none) | 1923,1110.15 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase.Inscribed. Dedication by a SAL.ME priestess. Joined to U.248 and 257. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
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