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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 272 | (none) | 1923,1110.16 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Ends of lines of a rudely scratched inscription. 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. |
| 2740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment. From shallow bowl, scalloped on outside. |
| 275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Inscribed in rude manner. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 2756 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed alabaster vase. Fragment. About BC 2800. H.C. [drawing] |
| 276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster jar. Fragment of one sign remains. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment of bowl. Beginning of second line of royal inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 284 | (none) | (none) | B14937, B14937 | Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 285 | (none) | 1923,1110.28 | (none) | Fragment of vessel or mace head, white marble. Inscribed in probably early characters with a dedication to En-(lil)? Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 286 | (none) | 1923,1110.16 | (none) | Fragment of limestone pot, from rim. Traces of long inscription showing long line on right-hand side. 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. |
| 288 | (none) | (none) | B14945, B14945 | Fragment of Alabaster jar. End of first 3 lines of a dedication to Nannar. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 296 | (none) | 1923,1110.26 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase, rim. Inscription of Dungi, only titles. Placed in IN/No.1 |
| 2996 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster vase. Small fragment. Inscribed. (To) his king (?) For the life of dDun-gi, the mighty hero, king of Ur, ( ) na-ga |
| 3339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster palette. For use in crushing toilet powders? Surface is hollowed by grinding. |
| 35 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster, veined. [drawing 1:2] |
| 36 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster, coarse, broken and mended but imperfect. Coarse-grained stone, stained yellow inside. Type 20 new. [drawing] |
| 416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Perfectly plain: rim chipped. Otherwise complete. Part of a foundation deposit (?) Type |
| 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. |
| 6061 | (none) | (none) | B16357 | Alabaster pin. E. |
| 6156 | (none) | (none) | B16211, B16211 | White alabaster bowl fragment. Incribed round belly. Part of ring base and belly alone remaining. Hole in in side close to ring base. Not required for Vols. IV, V, VI, VII. E. |
| 6250 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of alabaster jug? Ur. [drawing] |
| 6332 | (none) | (none) | B16208, B16208 | Alabaster cup with inscription. Fragment. To the god A-Si(g) (who pours/gives water) |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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