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

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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)
	497	(none)	(none)	B15250	Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing]
	7917	(none)	(none)	B16905	Flat seal. Hemispherical. Calcite. Greyish. Animal? design.
	9310	(none)	(none)	B17009	Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba
	(none)	(none)	(none)	B15275	Unknown
	(none)	(none)	(none)	B16318	Unknown
	(none)	(none)	(none)	B16329	Unknown
	(none)	30-12-10	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
	12034	30-12-11	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed. Fighting beasts (lions?).
	11401	30-12-23	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles.
	11896	30-12-31	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Pale green calcite. (1 side decayed) human-headed bulls & heroes fighting.
	(none)	30-12-33	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
	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).
	12091	30-12-41	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible.
	13031	30-12-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
	11443	30-12-49	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5.
	(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]
	(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
	11889	30-12-7	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell (in poor condition) A man, a lion, a bull & a gazelle fighting.

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