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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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] |
| 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. |
| 19400 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 |
| 19401 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type JN 26 |
| 19416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
| 19426 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Kohl pot.. 'alabaster'. Half of : originally two circular pots (with holes for restoring lids) made in one piece, supported by the figure of a reclining ram. Coarse wash[?]. Broken in half and only one receptacle at the front part of the ram remaning. |
| 19427 | (none) | (none) | (none) | kohl-pot. 'alabaster'. rectangular, with two window receptacles. Round the shoulder a band of rope moulding in relief. |
| 19509 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster. JN 26 |
| 19517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowls [Annotated] ? vase. Oval Limestone Basic Diorite [Crossed out] 'alabaster'. Type JN 47 |
| 19523 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. Bad condition. JN 26 |
| 19529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Stone vases in stand. White calcite. Type JN 27 |
| 19586 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26 |
| 19607 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26 |
| 19612 | (none) | 1935,0112.98 | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
| 19640A | (none) | 1935,0112.99 | (none) | Stone vases. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
| 19643 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp? 'alabaster' |
| 19649 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. Type JN 28 |
| 19655 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26 |
| 19700 | (none) | 1935,0112.4 | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster. JN 26 |
| 19729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 40. Found with JN clay type 21 |
| 19745 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster lamp. In the form of a shell. The five projections serving as spouts. On the under side at one end is carved a bat's head. |
| 19770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster lamp. |
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