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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26 |
| 19779 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26 |
| 19805 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp. Alabaster. [drawing] |
| 19911 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. alabaster. JN 26 |
| 20060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. Miniature. JN 28 |
| 20079 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 28. In fragments. |
| 18459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 19640C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vases. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
| 16625B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fly(?) amulet. 3 alabaster; 1 veined; 2 white. Perforated head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16625C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fly(?) amulet. 3 alabaster; 1 veined; 2 white. Perforated head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 884B | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 |
| 884C | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15275 | Unknown | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16318 | Unknown | |
| 11586 | 30-12-697 | (none) | (none) | Alabaster Box. Square, with 4 holes square above and circular below. | |
| 12601 | 30-12-74 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Spill type. Calcite. Type II. | |
| 11529 | 30-12-75 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Spill-vase of white calcite. LXXXVI. [drawing] | |
| 11933 | 30-12-83 | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. White calcite. [Drawing] Type CXXVII | |
| 11587 | 30-12-84 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type XL. [drawing] | |
| 11803 | 30-12-89 | (none) | (none) | Stone Vase. | |
| 12025 | 30-12-90 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXI. [drawing] | |
| 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] |
| 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] | |
| 16135 | 31-43-184 | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Alabaster. White. Elliptical shaped pierced with 5 circular holes, intercommunicating. [drawing 1:1 plan and elevation] |
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