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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16422K | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Blackish-brown steatite. Weight 8.00 grs. 1 sheqel (? nominally 8.416). Type VI. |
| 6007 | (none) | 1927,0527.43 | (none) | Duck weight grey steatite head and tail slightly chipped. Type VI. |
| 16421G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Mottled grey-green steatite. To be weighed. Type VI. |
| 16429B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight Steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [drawing] Type VI |
| 17674 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Green steatite. Type VI. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14415A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Engraved plaque. Steatite. Black. Trial piece for a cylinder seal(?) Leopard? With a plumed tail. Palm votives for altar. Seated deity with leopard head dress. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9505 | (none) | 1928,1010.419 | (none) | Feet of Statue Greenish grey steatite Very fine carving. The base is semi-circular: the dress was made in a different piece of stone (? in a different material) and was fixed by rivets to the feet, coming down behind them and completing the circle of the base. [drawing 2:3] View of back of pedastal showing rivet holes. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 17880 | (none) | 1932,1008.185 | (none) | Figurine. Of an animal, calf or dog (?) of soft white lime or frit. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16747 | 31-43-75 | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Circular. Upper side convex and decorated with 4 circles, and 3 parallel incisions. Under side a man with a bowl resting against back of neck over shoulders balanced by each arm-suspended from it are 3 water skins, and to one side of the man a stool(?). Pair of stars. [drawing] obv. for rev. see photo. |
| 16106 | (none) | 1931,1010.72 | (none) | Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Spread eagle and gazelle - a pair? |
| 7683 | (none) | 1928,1009.56 | (none) | Flat seal. Rectangular base with rounded corners. Half cylinder pierced superimposed. Steatite. Mottled grey. Inscribed. Powerful bull=like animal with head bent downwards. In style of Mohenjo Daro seals. |
| 7899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. 2 birds reversed and a scorpion? |
| 17397 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Gazelle and crescent moon. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17028 | 31-43-69 | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Oval. Upper side convex and umbilical antelope (?) and a bird on its back [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17399 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Winged dragon squatting. Tab anal. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6300 | (none) | (none) | B16217, B16217 | Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with Copper Figure U.6301. "To dDim-tab-ba, his lady, Shulgi, the "mighty hero, the king of Ur, the king of "Sumer and Akkad, has built her house." CF. U.6157, U.6302, U.6304. E. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple (2) E |
| 6304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with copper figure U.6303. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba. Same inscription as U.6300 to U.6303, U.6157. Text: Dim-tab-ba (2). B. |
| 6302 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Foundation TABLET of SHULGI. Soapstone. Together with copper figure U.6303. Shrine of dDim-tab-ba. Same inscription as U.6300, U.6157. B. Text: Dim-tab-ba (2). B. |
| 309 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr of statuette. Base and feet only preserved. Steatite, dark There are holes pierced horizontally through the base as if to attach it to something |
| 6056 | (none) | 1927,0527.40 | (none) | Fragment for incrustation. Black steatite. Part of Kaunakes skirt from human figure 5 and part of 6th row of flounces grooves behind for attachment. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17890 | 32-40-455 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of a stone vase. Grey steatite. Carved in relief with a figure of a gazelle and other objects, one apparently the head of a man. Rough poor work. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 280 | (none) | 1923,1110.34 | (none) | Fragment of black stone vase. With circular depressions for inlay on side and bottom. The inlay remains in two cases. Four rows decreasing in size on side. Above bottom rim an inscription reading "Dungi, the mighty man, king..." |
| 2631 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of small soap-stone box. Engraved with circular design. Sketch. [drawing] |
| 18339 | 33-35-168 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of statuette. Grey steatite. Part of a male figure wearing the Kaunakes with upper part of body bare: the hands clasped over the breast. Preserved , one half of the body, cut vertically, right side & rt arm, from just below the shoulder to the hip. The figure was deliberately cut in pieces: the saw marks go partly through the figure and then the fragments were broken apart. Fine work of about 3rd Dynasty or a little earlier. |
| 6737 | (none) | (none) | B16210, B16210 | Fragment of steatite stamp for bricks. (E)-gu-bu?. About BC 2700. E. |
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