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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| 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] |
| 15451 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabastron. Alabaster. Persian. [drawing 2:5] |
| 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] |
| 18436 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. [Type] 50. [drawing] |
| 18437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster. [Type] 55. [drawing 2:5] |
| 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. | |
| 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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