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.
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) |
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![]() | (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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Apatite - Aragonite - Chlorite - Dolomite - Feldspar - Gypsum - Magnesite - Pigment - Serpentine - Semi-precious
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