Semi-precious

The term “semi precious” is applied to a subset gemstones, and the term was created to set them apart from what are considered precious stones (diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds). Things like amber and lapis lazuli, which are not really stones at all are still considered “semi precious” by most people. This distinction reflects the rarity of the respective stones in ancient times, as well as their quality. all are translucent with fine color in their purest forms and very hard. This distinction is not related to their monetary value, i.e. some forms of garnet are more expensive than emeralds.

Objects: Semi-precious Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
8070	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis lazuli. Small conoids, balls, and a few bugles. 130 in all.
8375	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Large. One carnelian, one ball lapis and 6 diamond-shaped flat lapis beads; all found close together except the ball bead which lay apart. (NB the last had a thread through it so was not a pin-head as suggested in the field notes)
8054	(none)	(none)	B16791	Beads. Mixed carnelian and lapis. With 2 lapis frog amulets.
8250	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Mixed lapis and shell, 29 in all, 28 found together in a basket, 1 biggish lapis ribbed ball formed apart and possibly belonging to the copper pin U.8248.
8050	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Of lapis lazuli. 10 large double conoids & two similar of silver (one broken).
8310	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. One carnelian, a few lapis, and a number of very small shell rings.
8376C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver. Some quadruple tubes from dog collar string, large lentoids which went with the larger lapis lentoids (U.8376B) and smaller beads.
9129	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small carnelian rings, long bugles, and lapis beads small mixed.
8962	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small gold, silver, lapis and carnelian. For order see Field Notes.
8159	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small lapis balls etc.
9143	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small lentoids of lapis & gold (thin plate over copper), with a few carnelians: strung in sets of 6. See field notes. one strings
8927	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small silver balls, silver disks, and small lapis balls. See field notes.
8970	(none)	1928,1009.135	(none)	Beads. Small, gold over copper, and lapis strung up in sets of 2 and 4 of a sort.
8178	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Three, two of lapis, one of gold. Faceted lentoids of exaggerated size. Found together. [drawing] 1:1
8097	(none)	(none)	B16792	Beads. Very long bugles, 1 gold, 2 lapis, 3 carnelian, one of the latter facetted, & 4 small silver & 3 small gold balls. For original order see field notes.
20041A	35-1-25	(none)	(none)	Beads. [A] A large collection, mostly carnelian but also other stones[?], of various forms together with a [B] steatite pendant thus [drawing] and a [C] paste scarab inscribed thus [drawing] [D] and a copper fibula (broken) thus [drawing] . Said to have been found with nos 20042-7.
11468A	(none)	1929,1017.321	(none)	Beads. (A) A string of lapis and carnelian bugles & double conoids with a few of silver decayed, and a lapis cylinder with criss-cross pattern. (B) Small rings of paste & lapis with a lapis frog amulet.
13546	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 17 in number: for order see Field note. Agate, lapis and carnelian. Double conoids, barrels and 1 bugle.
16637	31-43-135	(none)	(none)	Beads. 3 agate lentoids, 40 carnelian ring beads. Minute.
18901	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 3 large crystal flattened date-shaped; 1 limestone ditto; 1 agate barrel; 3 steatite rings.
14231	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 4 glazed double conoids; 1 carnelian cylindrical; 1 carnelian double conoid.
16683	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 9 carnelian - double conoids and balls, rings.
18207C	32-40-258	(none)	(none)	Beads. A mixed lot, largely paste. The bulk was said to be ? and have yellow, blue, and white with and double crescents glass paste nimp, dark reg: with men same tune beads which may not-belong to the main set.
15193	(none)	1930,1213.96	(none)	Beads. Amethyst, carnelian and glzed frit. Faceted lentoids, 4-faced - lonzenge shaped in section, and hexagonal amethyst lentoids. Carnelian rings and balls, convex on either side and elliptical in section.
19249	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Balls of frit, originally blue-glzed, now mostly bleached, a few carnelian and one steatite rings.