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)
19770 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster lamp.
19771 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26
19779 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26
19805 (none) (none) (none) Stone lamp. Alabaster. [drawing]
19836 35-1-176 (none) (none) Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 26
19897 35-1-182 (none) (none) Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28
19911 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. alabaster. JN 26
20060 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. Miniature. JN 28
20079 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 28. In fragments.
206 (none) (none) B14933 Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236
207 (none) (none) B14932 Mace-head Alabaster. Complete, except that top moulding is chipped away. Inscribed: [Annotated] Rimush king of Kish.
247 (none) 1923,1110.14 (none) Fragment of large alabaster mace head. Inscribed with a dedication to the moon-god, the oldest son of Enlil. Joined to U.250.
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.
252 (none) (none) B14943, B14943 Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscribed. Dedicated by Ur-Engur. Placed in IN/No 1.
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
255 (none) 1923,1110.23 (none) Alabaster fragment of jar. Inscribed.
2561 (none) 1927,1003.74 (none) Fragment of burnt alabaster jar with borings for colors of which blue and yellow still distinguishable. [drawing 1:1]
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
258A (none) 1923,1110.24 (none) [A-B] Two alabaster jar fragments. Inscribed in a rude way with a primitive text. Placed in IN/No. 1.
258B (none) 1923,1110.24 (none) [A-B] Two alabaster jar fragments. Inscribed in a rude way with a primitive text. 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.
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.
266 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of alabaster vase. Rudely inscribed, only first sign of three lines remain. Placed in IN/No. 1.
268 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of large alabaster bowl. Last line of a dedication.
269 (none) (none) B14944, B14944 Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed with the name and titles of Dungi.
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