Calcite Group

The Calcite group is composed of minerals that have flat triangular shaped carbonate ions (CO₃). They have perfect cleavage and exhibit strong double refraction. Minerals in this group can partially or fully replace one another.

Objects: Calcite Group Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
(none)	30-12-10	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
(none)	30-12-33	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
(none)	30-12-52	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
(none)	30-12-53	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
(none)	30-12-55	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
(none)	30-12-56	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
17835A	32-40-308	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two lion's heads. Silhouetted in profile. White calcite, originally painted red, but the color gone: both are really stamp seals with rough designs drill-cut on the flat lower surface. Both are pierced for suspension from the top of the head to the bottom of the mane. [drawing]
(none)	30-12-57	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-58	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-63	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-64	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-65	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B15275	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16318	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16329	Unknown
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]
497	(none)	(none)	B15250	Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing]
7917	(none)	(none)	B16905	Flat seal. Hemispherical. Calcite. Greyish. Animal? design.
11978	30-12-9	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Decayed, but design visible of fighting animals.
11725	30-12-40	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. A god with one foot on a hill, & 3 worshippers. Inscription (Lug)al(?)-(?)-la(?)-ni dub-sar(=scribe).
11443	30-12-49	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5.
11528	30-12-8	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell much decayed. Subject: a man & 2 lions rampant against a deer? upside down.
11889	30-12-7	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell (in poor condition) A man, a lion, a bull & a gazelle fighting.
13031	30-12-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
12091	30-12-41	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible.