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.

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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)
11844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 1, very long carnelian bugle; a few smaller beads, carnelian, lapis & silver. (see Field Notes).
11855	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Barrels & lentoids of gold, lapis & carnelian, with flat carnelian pendant. (for order see Field Notes).
11856	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Double conoids of gold & lapis (strung in sets: see Field Notes).
11868	(none)	1929,1017.372	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers of ibixes walking.
11871	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 seated deities with attendants.
11873	(none)	(none)	(none)	3 Beads. 1 very long carnelian bugle. 1 equally long of wood & 1 (facetted) of lapis.
11878	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 2 Carnelian & 1 gold bugles & small Lapis balls, making a frontlet.
11884	(none)	1929,1017.328	(none)	Beads. Lapis bugles & carnelian rings from a wreath of silver beech leaves. 1-kept.
11888	(none)	1929,1017.558	(none)	Copper Pin. With ball head of lapis. Type V, A.
11892	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Very slender bugles, 3 of lapis, 3 of gold, & a pear-shaped rock crystal pendant.
11897	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: in each, men & various animals fighting.
11900.1	(none)	1929,1017.261	(none)	[.1-.2] Beads. Small carnelian lentoids and lapis balls.
11903	(none)	1929,1017.6	(none)	Gold Pin. With lapis head capped with gold Type VI, B.
11911	(none)	1929,1017.248	(none)	Beads. Gold balls (hollow) and balls of light yellow carnelian.
11930	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis & silver double conoids (see Field Notes)
11931A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. (with this, [B-C] 2 silver finger rings: see box U.11930)
11935	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis double conoids, carnelian bugles, carnelian rings, small lapis balls, and silver beads (decayed) See Field Notes.
11938	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers in each, men & animals.
11939	(none)	1929,1017.302	(none)	Beads. Mixed sorts = see field notes
11944	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frontlet consisting of 1 large gold and 2 lapis facetted lentoid beads and 4 carnelian rings and 1 lapis ball (the last may have been to fasten the chains, which was of silver and have perished.)
11952	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers.
11953	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Pin. With lapis ball head (stem broken). [Type] V.
11957	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Translucent white quartzite(?)
11959	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. hematite (broken)
11964.2	(none)	1929,1017.402	(none)	[.1-.2] Part of Frontlet (?) 2 lapis & 1 gold facetted lentoid beads: (perhaps worn on silver chains which have disappeared)