Greenstone
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17805C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: From one burial. [drawing] (A) Copper chopper. Broken but complete. (B) Copper tumbler, the sides slightly carinated, the base raised, in bad condition. (C) Cylinder seal, black steatite; seated figure and criss cross background. (D)A few beads. Lapis, carnelian, agate and steatite lentoids (the last with criss-cross incised decoration) and one gold ball. |
| 17805D | 32-40-232 | (none) | (none) | Group: From one burial. [drawing] (A) Copper chopper. Broken but complete. (B) Copper tumbler, the sides slightly carinated, the base raised, in bad condition. (C) Cylinder seal, black steatite; seated figure and criss cross background. (D)A few beads. Lapis, carnelian, agate and steatite lentoids (the last with criss-cross incised decoration) and one gold ball. | |
| 15310C | 31-17-98 | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Narrow gold ribbon spirally twisted: (B) Gold finger ring made from a strip of thin metal with the edges curled over to imitate 2 solid hoops; (C) Beads from necklace: carnelian, lapis, gold, hematite, agate, steatite: for order see field notes.; (D) Small gold and lapis ball head; (E) Small lapis & carnelian beads (only about 5 altogether, mixed in box with (D). See Field Notes. | |
| 12704C | (none) | 1929,1017.371 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
| 12371E | (none) | 1929,1017.373 | (none) | Group: [A.1-.3] 3 silver wire spiral coil earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis large fluted ball beads. [C] Copper pin with ball head VI B. [D] Slender copper needle. [E] Cylinder seal, white calcite. |
| 15305B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A and D] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (B) String of 10 large beads from neck; calcite, chalcedony, steatite, copper and jasper; (C) String of small beads, lapis, agate, crystal, carnelian. |
| 18694F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Copper bowl, in good condition, plain. [drawing] (B) Iron dagger blade, long leaf-shaped. (C) Iron knife-blade, broken in 3 pieces. [drawing] (D) Copper ball pendant, (E) 3 hair (?) rings of copper wire [E, G-H]. (F) Beads: carnelian, lapis paste, marble, pebble, limestone, crystal, steatite, frit: rings, balls, date shaped, cylindrical and a few small shaped types, axes, flies, etc. |
| 12071A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads: lapis double conoids; large and small, & 1 large lozenge-shaped (steatite)? bead. (B) Cockle shell, broken containing paint. |
| 16246A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed. |
| 16246B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed. |
| 17812C | (none) | 1932,1008.154 | (none) | Group. From one burial. (A) [A and D] Small gold earrings, single pendants with lunate end, not the normal spiral coil type, thus [drawing 1:1] (B) Small beads, minute fluted gold balls and plain carnelian balls, one large carnelian flattened sphere and one lapis ball of copper plated with gold. (C) Cylinder seal, dark steatite, spread eagle and 2 men holding between them a vase (?) on a tree. |
| 17816F | 32-40-236 | (none) | (none) | Group. From one burial. (A) Two gold frontlets, oval type with pierced top [A and G]. (B) A pair of gold earrings, small hollow lunate type [B and H]. (C) A single gold earring, same type. (D) Gold hair ribbon. (E) Gold finger ring. (F) Beads: gold and carnelian diamonds. A few gold balls and carnelian rings or lentoids, large hollow gold balls with long carnelian bugles (2) and one barrel, 1 steatite, 1 quartz and 1 agate lentoid. One small ball. | |
| 17817A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. From one burial. (A) Cylinder seal, dark steatite: goddess on a goose, crescent on staff, snake emblem (?) and worshipper (naked) holding a full libation jug. (B) A few beads, gold balls, small, steatite, lentoid, carnelian ball and lapis fly. (C) Copper axe. |
| 17817B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. From one burial. (A) Cylinder seal, dark steatite: goddess on a goose, crescent on staff, snake emblem (?) and worshipper (naked) holding a full libation jug. (B) A few beads, gold balls, small, steatite, lentoid, carnelian ball and lapis fly. (C) Copper axe. |
| 17660B | 32-40-228 | (none) | (none) | Group. From a single grave (A) [A, E-F] 3 gold earrings, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads: very small gold balls: carnelian rings and balls and 1 bugle, marble and steatite elongated lentoids, agate square and conoid pendant (?) (or spindle whorl) apparently of wood : original order mostly preserved. (C) Cylinder seal: shell. Two rampant animals: very poor and worn. (D) A pair of thick copper bangles [D and G] | |
| 11441B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Consisting of [A](1) a spiral band of narrow gold ribbon (broken); [B](2) seven beads of agate, carnelian, steatite, shell (?), lapis, lapis, paste; [C](3) a copper pin 019 long (broken into 3 pieces). |
| 11593C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. [A] (1) Copper knife (broken). [B] (2) Silver earrings with lunate ends. [C] (3) A few diamond-shaped beads of silver and dark steatite. |
| 11598A | 30-12-35 | (none) | (none) | Group. [A](1) Cylinder Seal, lapis, man, lion & gazelle]. [B](2) Copper Axe Type XVII. [C](3) A few beads of lapis and copper. | |
| 11229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Grey steatite Bowl. Carninated rim: below this 4 bands of incised triangles, and a band of incised diamonds round the flat rim. Broken and mended. [Type] 55(new). [drawing] |
| 10319 | (none) | 1928,1010.424 | (none) | Grey steatite Bowl Complete but badly broken Broken into many pieces and rivetted in antiquity Type XVIII |
| 12318 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gaming Pieces & Markers. 7 Gaming pieces. Squares of black steatite with a square hole bored into the middle of one face: inlaid red pastes; 6 squares of white shell with curved lines engraved in corners, in centre an engraved eye with inlaid lapis centre piece. 1-shell square, plain and engraved with the figure of a gazelle and in the background tall plants of the type commonly found on these plaques. 2-shell markers of thin rectangular strips engraved on the thin side with linear decoration. On the other 3 sides each end are 2 incised concentric circles. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog. Black steatite. Chipped at rear. |
| 6833 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog bead. Black steatite? B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6906 | (none) | (none) | B16363 | Frog bead. Black steatite. E. |
| 18781 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulet. Light grey steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
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