Glass Paste

This material is composed of the same elements as frit, mainly silicates, but not as highly fired. Usually used in beads.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
81	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Paste. Poor condition. Simple criss-cross design. [drawing 1:1]
153	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Minute, of rock crystal and white semi-hemispherical pebble, 15 in all [crossed out] of transparent white glass [crossed out] crystal and opaque glass paste, white. 7 beads go to 1cm.
200	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. String of mixed beads, carnelian, paste, crystal, etc. Restrung from isolated beads found on the level of the broken stone vases, but not in their vicinity: mostly towards the NW corner of the room. All deep down in the floor packing.
695	(none)	(none)	B15259	Beads. Small string of little glass and paste beads, globular, with two or three larger ditto, and 6 miniature Puzuzu heads in green-glazed frit and (1) in lapis paste, the heads 5mm high.
799	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. of (crossed out word) carnelian and amethyst, with lunar pendant of agate. Restrung approximately in original order. Carnelian, 58; amethyst, 17; 1 pebble; 1 lapis paste; 1 agate pendant.
998	(none)	(none)	B15393	Clay Vase. Very white paste, probably once glazed, but all surface gone. Cf P.75 [drawing]
1700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Glass paste fragments. Blue and yellow bands.
2502	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Glass paste. Bluish white. Broken. Fragments missing. Two lines nearly illegible: ( )-bi-a; ( ) -il. Figures worn, indistinct. Neo-Babylon - Persian Period.
2790	(none)	(none)	(none)	Lapis-lazuli paste. Fragment. Sketch. [drawing 1:1]
2915	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Paste - About BC 700 [drawing]
6108	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bead necklace. Paste.
6615A	(none)	(none)	(none)	14 paste beads.
6795	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis lazuli, gold and paste.
6840	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of beads. Paste, lapis lazuli, agate and one crystal 70 in number, all small.
6843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White paste. Sacred tree and gazelle. B.
7002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of beads. Small paste and carnelian also bronze fragments.
7502	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. White paste. Beads with indented edges. Discoids. Found loose and restrung. [drawing 1:1]
7505	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bangle. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, white paste and crystal beads. 4 spacers, 2 of bone pierced 6 times and 2 of lapis lazuli pierced 3 times. 133 beads in all.
7507	(none)	(none)	B16826	12 duck beads. White paste. All pierced doubly. One fragmentary. [drawing 1:1]
7564B	(none)	(none)	B16796	[A-B] Two necklaces. Carnelian, frit, paste. Found loose in soil and arbitrarily re-strung. Both similar in type. Ribbed frit ring beads predominate. No mention of these beads in field notes (or in written account of site).
7588	(none)	(none)	(none)	14 beads. Yellow paste ring beads and one lapis ball bead.
8056A	(none)	(none)	B16882	Cylinder seals of white shell. All in very bad condition. A: 4 animals, the centre two heraldically crossed, and a tree? or man? B: unrecognisable. C: unrecognisable.
8335	(none)	(none)	B16764	Pendant of blue paste (imitation lapis) a flat dish with slight protuberances. Where the 2 holes come. [drawing] 1:1
8996	(none)	(none)	(none)	Shell roundel. Convex above with incised 8 point star, the petals inlaid with lapis and red paste, 3 red and 5 blue of which one is missing. [drawing]
9537C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads A/ Short string, long carnelian bugle, and 3 smaller ditto., separated by silver balls. B/ Diamond shaped lapis beads alternating with flat silver-plate beads. [drawing] C/ Mixed string of small gold fluted balls, lapis, carnelian, agate and paste, restrung mostly in original order (see Field Notes) except that there are no silver beads: in the field notes the 2 strings B & C were probably confused)