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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster jar. Fragment of one sign remains. 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. |
| 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. |
| 275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Inscribed in rude manner. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 272 | (none) | 1923,1110.16 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Ends of lines of a rudely scratched inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 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. |
| 1167 | (none) | 1924,0920.397 | (none) | Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase. |
| 1521 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription. |
| 108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of alabaster vase. =RC..91a. [drawing] |
| 8575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313) |
| 9724 | (none) | (none) | B17136 | Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII | |
| 274 | (none) | 1923,1110.29 | (none) | Burnt fragment of alabaster vase. Dedicated by a patesi of UD.NUN.KI. 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. |
| 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. |
| 18437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster. [Type] 55. [drawing 2:5] |
| 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] |
| 6933 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. Greenish grey. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Omit. |
| 18436 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. [Type] 50. [drawing] |
| 19223 | (none) | 1935,0112.81 | (none) | Beads. Lapis tubes & ovals, quartzite double conoids; also a quantity of shell rings, and some small shells pierced as beads. |
| 6424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Base of alabaster statue. Foot alone remaining. Toes and nails carefully modeled. B. [drawing] |
| 15451 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabastron. Alabaster. Persian. [drawing 2:5] |
| 6946 | (none) | 1927,0527.58 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Veined, white and yellow. Broken and fragmentary. Type. |
| 12310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster vase. Spill type. Broken. [Type] II. |
| 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 |
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