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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14291 | 31-16-447 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type XLIII. Nicked rim. Type XLIII. [drawing 2:5] |
| 15118 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent alabaster. Found adhering to U.15116. Type XII (RC22b). JN5b [drawing 2:5] |
| 15116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent alabaster. Type same as PG 1824 (1). CVIII. |
| 14459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Alabaster. Translucent. Decorated with a shallow nicked ridge. [Type] CIV. JN3. |
| 12265 | (none) | 1929,1017.664 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Alabaster. Type same as U.12236. [Type] LXXI. |
| 18516 | 33-35-100 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Banded limestone. [Type] 10. [drawing] |
| 19836 | 35-1-176 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. JN 26 |
| 12025 | 30-12-90 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXI. [drawing] | |
| 19517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowls [Annotated] ? vase. Oval Limestone Basic Diorite [Crossed out] 'alabaster'. Type JN 47 |
| 19805 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp. Alabaster. [drawing] |
| 19643 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp? 'alabaster' |
| 16135 | 31-43-184 | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Alabaster. White. Elliptical shaped pierced with 5 circular holes, intercommunicating. [drawing 1:1 plan and elevation] |
| 880 | (none) | (none) | B14942, B14942 | Stone vase fragment of, in pink-veined alabaster. Section from base to rim complete but only width of 004 of bowl left. Inscribed 3 lines from middle reads: named (of) Sin the son?. |
| 8937 | (none) | (none) | B17110 | Stone vase. White Calcite. (Rim broken). Type LXIII |
| 11803 | 30-12-89 | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. | |
| 15775 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster alabastron. 2 small lug handles. |
| 19171 | 35-1-195 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b. | |
| 19060 | 35-1-198 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 62. | |
| 19505 | 35-1-177 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' JN 26 |
| 19409 | 35-1-521 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type 27 |
| 19400 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 |
| 19401 | (none) | (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 |
| 19523 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. Bad condition. JN 26 |
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