Stone
Natural aggregates of one or more minerals and sometimes non-crystalline substances.
Natural aggregates of one or more minerals and sometimes non-crystalline substances.
Objects: Stone Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17014 | 31-43-65 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. Gilgamesh and Eabani fighting rampant lion. | |
| 17100 | 31-43-67 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Conoid. Bearded male figure holding an offering before a throne (?) or altar with a high back in which is planted a spear. Emblems. Fish and crescent moon. [drawing] | |
| 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] | |
| 16927G | 31-43-7 | (none) | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] | |
 | 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. |
| 17341 | 31-43-76 | (none) | (none) | Button seal. Steatite(?). White. Fragment. Half only remains. Animals. With a boss on the upper side perforated for suspension. |
| (none) | 31-43-78 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| 16618 | 31-43-9 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Greenish grey steatite. Pyramidal. 2 scorpions. | |
| 17662 | 32-40-319 | (none) | (none) | Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17877 | 32-40-323 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Seated deity & standing attendant. Poor cutting. |
| 17678 | 32-40-324 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Eye; joined ladders. On photo: U.17679. |
| 17871 | 32-40-326 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Badly chipped. Presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standing figures and 3 columns of inscription. |
| 17763 | 32-40-329 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Obscured; 2 lines of inscription. Adoring figure of goddess separated by star on staff. |
| 17726 | 32-40-330 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. 2 men fighting a lion. |
| 17850 | 32-40-333, 32-40-333 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder (seal?) unpierced. White limestone with 4 columns of inscription. Two names. NU-UR-KU-BI son of DUG-GA-AN-SA and E-MU-MA-NI-DA son of NU-UR-KU-BI. HC 1931 / 1 |
| 17872 | 32-40-334 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Diorite. Damaged, and part of the surface gone. Design worked entirely with the drill: a standing figure with arms raised and two seated figures, and an object which may be a libation vase. |
| (none) | 32-40-337 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 18341 | 33-35-164 | (none) | (none) | Animal's body. Grey steatite. Body of couchant animal, the hind quarters complete, in fairly high relief: the front leg only sketched: the stone is rounded off at the shoulder so that there never was a head. The body is flat and bears two engraved signs thus. [drawing] |
| 18337 | 33-35-169 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular, with convex tip, pierced horizontally. Subject: 2 animals, a third animal and an unrecognizable object: engraved mostly with the circular drill. |
| 18248 | 33-35-172 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition. |
| 18258 | 33-35-173 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. Seated goddess, with 2 standing figures and 2 lizards. Poor condition. |
| 18276 | 33-35-174 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment of greenish grey steatite. Only 2 columns of inscription left; no figures. |
| 18452 | 33-35-179 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of black steatite. Design: running gazelles, zigzags and frogs. |
| (none) | 33-35-181 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-182 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |