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.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7609 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Diorite. Black. modeled head reclining on back and at base webbed feet hitherto never represented on duck weights found at Ur. Type VI. |
| 7615 | (none) | (none) | B16894 | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. Scene of worship. Minor deity leads worshipper by the hand towards seated Nannar. Attributes: crescent moon and palm. | |
| 7616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. 2 rampant lions facing one another; on either side a hero grasps each by the tail. Between the heroes a heavily draped erect deity. Attributes: snake, palm tree? and scorpion? |
| 7617 | (none) | (none) | B16877 | Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC | |
| 7625 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed. Scene of worship. Shaven and shorn votary presented to enthroned Shamash who holds a pot in his left hand. Introducing goddess wears high headdress and flounced kaunakes skirt. Attributes: sun, crescent moon. Inscription: Ur-Su-bu-la; dumu I-me-x; wared Ud-KA-BAR-KU. |
| 7626 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene. Nannar enthroned, left arm upraised to greet votary who holds right arm upwards. Behind the votary a palm three which an erect figure apparently grasps in his right hand. This figure wears a long flowing garment. Nannar has a crescent shaped headdress. Attributes: crescent moon. |
| 7627 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Obliterated. Gates of the underworld? Porter? Divinity with lentoid shaped headdress; 12 stars and crescent moon. |
| 7628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Font from which rises a palm? On either side a snake? and beyond a hero attacking rampant lion with a sword. Possibly the curved markings at the side of the altar may represent not snakes but handles or running water? [drawing] cf. U.7640 |
| 7630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Blue steatite. Two registers. Top: 7 figures clothed in short tunics reaching only to the knees approaching standing deity. All wear feathered? headdress. Bottom: male figure running, pursued? by animals amongst which are cows?? |
| 7631 | (none) | 1928,1009.50 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Figure approaching enthroned Nannar. Behind the approaching figure a small grotesque being delineated by straight lines and beyond this a spear fixed vertically into the ground, point upwards. Behind Nannar a standing deity? |
| 7632 | (none) | 1928,1009.54 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion followed by 2 rampant rams? Between the rams a standing figure, and behind the lion a palm tree. |
| 7636 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Nail? Obsidian. Translucent. Head chipped. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7640 | (none) | 1928,1009.43 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed? In the middle a palm tree rising from a font, on either side of the font a snake? head touching the basin. Also, on either side of the font a male figure one hand upraised as if in ceremony. Possibly the curved markings at the side of the font may represent running water or handles fixed at the top and free below. cf. U.7628. |
| 7644 | (none) | 1928,1009.98 | (none) | Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire. |
| 7646 | (none) | 1928,1009.511 | (none) | Stone vase. Limestone. White. Slightly indented rim. Blackened by fire. Type LXIII stone. |
| 7650 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Green. Small portion of rim missing. Type LIV stone. |
| 7651 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Green. Broken and riveted in antiquity. Type VII stone. |
| 7652 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Dark green. Basic diorite. Blackened by fire. Type LV stone |
| 7656 | (none) | (none) | B16865 | Cylinder seal. Marble. Mottled grey and black. Slightly concave. Gilgamesh fighting rampant lion; Enkidu fighting rampant bull; lion and bull back to back. c. 2800BC. | |
| 7658 | (none) | (none) | B16890 | Cylinder seal. Marble? White. Hero between two rampant bulls? On either side of bulls a rampant lion. Between the lions a post surmounted by a star. | |
| 7679 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Very slightly concave. Two naked heroes attacking a rampant lion. One grasps lion by the tail. |
| 7680 | (none) | (none) | B16893 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Obliterated. Scene of worship. Votary led by the hands by minor deity towards seated presiding deity. | |
| 7681 | (none) | 1928,1009.14 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment. White marble. Rampant lion. Rampant bull. Attacked by hero with feathered headdress. |
| 7683 | (none) | 1928,1009.56 | (none) | Flat seal. Rectangular base with rounded corners. Half cylinder pierced superimposed. Steatite. Mottled grey. Inscribed. Powerful bull=like animal with head bent downwards. In style of Mohenjo Daro seals. |
| 7709 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Fragment. Chalcedony? Quartzite? HC.11. |