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)
17812B	32-40-235	(none)	(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.
17813D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17813E	32-40-227	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A and K-L] 3 gold frontlets. (B) Twisted gold hair-ribbon. (C) [C and M] Two gold hair-rings, spirally coiled with lunate ends, with one of them [N] a silver ring. (D) Beads: a string of very small fluted gold balls and carnelian balls and one very thin lapis bugle with gold caps. (E) Beads: gold balls, agate, carnelian, marble and jasper; long bugles, flattened lentoids, disks and lentoids. (F) [F and O] Two gold bracelets, of thin gold bent over copper wire. (G) Silver bracelet, plain wire. (H) [H and I] Copper bracelets, 2, plain wire. (J) Copper axe, thus: [reference to drawing] a copy of the old type but not cast: hammered and the socket made by bending. Type S10. [drawing]
17815F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) Four gold frontlets oval type with tag ends, a good deal damaged and broken [A, G-I]. (B) A length of gold hair ribbon. (C) Gold finger ring of flat make wide edges bent inwards to make a ribbed hoop. (D) A pair of gold earrings of the small hollow lunate type, interlaced. [D and J] (E) Cylinder seal, white shell, introduction scene with seated goddess, crescent, 2 standing figures and tree. cf. U.1979 and U.1987. (F) Beads: small gold balls, plain and fluted, with carnelian and lapis lentoids: gold and carnelian diamonds: long carnelian bugles, carnelian lentoids, agate beads, lapis lentoid and gold balls.
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.
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.
17826	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Mixed: a long barrel of blue paste with gold caps, lentoids of carnelian, jasper, amazonite (?) and chrysoprase, crystal pendant and carnelian rings. Kassite.
17852	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. A mixed collection of carnelian, sard & agate lentoids & bugles, carnelian rings, lapis paste lentoids, glazed frit fluted ball, lapis ball, quartz lentoid, amethyst lentoid, pebble lentoid, 2 unshaped but pierced rock crystal lumps & a steatite cylinder seal completely defaced.
17861	32-40-307	(none)	(none)	Head of Puzuzu type Lapis lazuli roughly carved pierced for threading [drawing 1:1]
17898	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Mixed lot, off many shapes and materials, found in or just below the floor of an early Neo-Babylonian level and presumably of that date, though some may well be old beads re-used. Shapes include ball, ring, cylinder, rhomboid, diamond, date shaped, elliptical, polygonal, double conoid, poppyseed, chisel, pear pendant, one miniature celt. Materials include carnelian, marble, steatite, sard, calcite, quartz, amethyst, agate, mother of pearl, shell, glazed frit, limestone (?), granite, hematite, crystal.
17904	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Introductory scene, 2 standing figures, seated deity; 3 lines of erased inscription.
17905	32-40-246	(none)	(none)	Beads. 2 carnelian bugles; 1 carnelian ball; 1 flat ovoid chalcedony; 1 lentoid marbles; 1 paste ball.
17906	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 4 gold balls; 3 gold ribbed balls; 6 barrel carnelian; 3 lentoid carnelian; 1 flat diamond gold; 5 barrel apatite; 2 agate, rectangualr with vesical section.
17908	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 3 flat barrel agates; 1 flat barrel blue granite; 1/2 flat lentoid marble.
17935A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Celts. [All objects drawn, objects grouped by material description] [A-B] Jasper [drawing 1:1] [C-E] Diorite [drawing 1:1] [F] Basalt [drawing 1:1] [G] Limestone [drawing 1:1]
17959	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. 2 gazelle; 2 men holding staff between them.
17966	32-40-247	(none)	(none)	Beads [A-B]. Bone, date-shaped and elliptical. 2 spacers. Carnelian, balls, rings, elliptical, double conoid.
17967	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian, ring, ball, biconvex square, date-shaped, double conoid, cylindrical. Agate, elliptical, biconvex square.
17968	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian, chisel pendants, pop-eyed pendant, date shaped, cylindrical, ring, ball-shaped. Agate, rhomboid, date-shaped. Gold, 1 ball-shaped.
17970	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. 3 standing figures and 1 kneeling; star; crescent; serpent.
17971	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian, date-shaped, double conoid, ring, ball-shaped.
17978	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear stud. Jasper. [drawing 1:1]
17980	32-40-128	(none)	(none)	Weight. Haemitite. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
18112	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian rings and balls. Agat ovoid: blue paste date-shaped blue paste axe-head bead, agate discoid (flat). Also, 1 gold lunate earring.
18113A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads [A]. Agate elliptical and date shaped, marble elliptical, carnelian date-shaped, carnelian tubular and ball shaped and long double conoid, shaped agate, facetted eliptical in carnelian, blue glaze disk. [drawing] [B-C] Also, scraps of gold foil. [D-E] Also 2 bone spindle whorl.