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

Object 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.
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Alabaster - Calcite

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