Rock Crystal
Rock crystal is another name for Quartz, and is colorless, has little to no clevage, and has a silicon-oxygen framework.
Rock crystal is another name for Quartz, and is colorless, has little to no clevage, and has a silicon-oxygen framework.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 200 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of mixed beads, carnelian, paste, crystal, etc. Restrung from isolated beads found on the level of the broken stone vases, but not in their vicinity: mostly towards the NW corner of the room. All deep down in the floor packing. |
| 415 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rock crystal cylinder seal. Fragment of. Subject: Gilgamesh and the lions: 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy work. |
| 663B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian, with a few bugles + other shaped of paste, crystal, + lapis strung up in 2 strings. A Carnelian. B Mixed. |
| 672C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [underlined] Beads. A large collection, re-strung on such evidence as could be obtained from the burial. See field notes A. Carnelian ball beads, 41 in all. B. Lentoids and carnelian, agate, lapis, hematite + glass paste, 42 in all. C. Small beads, ball, discoid, etc., in carnelian, crystal, lapis, amethystine quartz, black stone + paste. D. Very large lentoid + barrel beads in stone + paste, 1 paste cylinder seal roughly engraved with a man left shooting at a winged griffon. (in regular Deri Huzuh style), a cylinder seal of black steatite sketchily engraved but defaced, another with seated divine figure right and standing adorant left and one column inscription, also very poor work: also shell disk beads: large beads etc... in all 33, shell disks, 167. E. Small carnelian spacers, with small beads of various shapes in glass paste, frit, pebble, stone, etc. F. Mixed lot of beads in stone and paste. |
| 800 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian 12; amethyst 11; crystal 1; restrung approximately in the original order. Bracelet. |
| 905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads string of made up from odd beads collected in the course of the dig. 35 in all: crystal, lapis, pebble, amethyst and carnelian. |
| 1487 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Four-winged deity carrying a sickle and facing him a winged bull erect; a cross between their feet. In text: see U.1359 etc. |
| 1640 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. (36) Ball beads of carnelian and rock crystal with cat's eye center. |
| 1641 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. (39) Mixed shapes in carnelian, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, etc., with central bead of lapis wound round with gold wire. |
| 2714 | (none) | 1927,1003.205 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Rock crystal. Broken. Unusual scene. About BC 2300. [drawing] |
| 2832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Crystal head. Head of Puzu (?) with grotesque features engraved. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2934 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily. |
| 3126 | (none) | 1927,1003.239 | (none) | Miniature frog. Crystal, left back leg missing. |
| 3142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rock crystal eye. Conventional cut, unengraved and pierced for suspension. Egyptian style. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3262 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Of carnelian, crystal, agate, one pebble and one amethyst; carnelian very roughly cut. In text: Neo-Babylonian period(5) in cat. |
| 3346 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rock crystal ring. Plain broad band, semi-transparent. Text: Neo-Babylonian period (14) in Cat. |
| 6069A | (none) | (none) | B16395 | [A-B] 2 rock crystal? pendants. One to E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6468 | (none) | 1927,0527.144 | (none) | Pendant, in shape of duck? Pierced for suspension. ? A lion's claw. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6752 | (none) | (none) | B16283 | Cylinder seal. White crystal. Plain. E. | |
| 6753 | (none) | 1927,0527.175 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Quartz. Violet? Color. Plain. E. |
| 6791 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Plain. B. |
| 6840 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Collection of beads. Paste, lapis lazuli, agate and one crystal 70 in number, all small. |
| 7028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Collection of crystals for inlay. About 25 in number. U shaped with apex over incurved side. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7126 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Grey. Linear markings. B. |
| 7505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bangle. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, white paste and crystal beads. 4 spacers, 2 of bone pierced 6 times and 2 of lapis lazuli pierced 3 times. 133 beads in all. |
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