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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6406 | (none) | (none) | B16304 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400. | |
 | 6411 | (none) | 1927,0527.150 | (none) | Pendant. Brown marble. Helmet shaped. Design in relief of a fish? At flat end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6417 | (none) | 1927,0527.36 | (none) | Head of male. Limestone. Lost below neck, and back of head missing. White. Shaven and stone probably of priest, well known type rounded cheek, small but pronounced chin, wide nose, deep eye sockets and heavily incised eyebrows. Heavy ears. E. [drawing] |
| 6430 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White marble. Pear shaped. B. [drawing] |
| 6436B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal. Black steatite. Helmet shaped. Pierced at sides. Flate base for seal impression. Worshipper, altar and crescent. Neo-Babylonian. B. |
| 6444 | (none) | 1927,0527.37 | (none) | HEAD of female. FRAGMENT. Black Diorite. Left eye and left side of forehead mutilated. Hair represented by fine wavy parallel lines and done up in a chignon, overhanging loop at the back as in the diorite statue of UR-BAU. To go in Cat I of Vol. IV. |
| 6463 | (none) | 1927,0527.60 | (none) | Semi-circular bar of white marble. U-shaped = ends flat, near each end a small hole bored through stone on the diameter of the semi-circule - broken in antiquity and riveted. Suggest that this is the loop ornament figured in early sculpture on door jambs or on lances set upright by the sides of doors: the ends might fit into holes in the wooden upright and the small holes would serve for attachment to same by means of copper wires. E. [drawing] |
| 6465A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite box. Fragment. Dark green. Incised zig-zag and circular decoration. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6470 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone bowl. Jagged edge. White. Type CLIII (stone vase types) =RC.48 [drawing] B. |
| 6473 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant in shape of duck? Pink marble. Incision running diagonally across body below tail to mark wing? Pierced for suspension. ? Imitation lion's claw? B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6479 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation to seated god. Crescent on pole. About BC 2200. B. |
| 6482 | (none) | 1927,0527.184 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Weatherworn. Presentation to a standing god. About BC 2200. |
| 6488 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble palette? Mottled. Flate one side, curved on the other, rounded at corners. Hole pierced in each corner. E. |
| 6499 | (none) | (none) | B16297 | Cylinder seal Pink marble or diorite Piece of copper wire mounting inside Four animals. Sheep or goats - two of which are crossed Two scorpions. L 002 diam 0015 About BC 3100. E. | |
| 6502 | (none) | (none) | B16227 | Stone duck weight. Black. Type VI. E. | |
| 6506 | (none) | 1927,0527.200 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Lion between two fighting men. Sbout BC 2400. |
| 6519B | (none) | (none) | B16313, B16313 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Minor god introducing worshipper to major god. Nin-da-da son of Da-da-a. About 2300 BC? | |
| 6521 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation to a seated deity. Crescent. Rampant lion. Five headed club. About BC 2200. B. |
| 6522 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two crossed bulls. Two lions reversed, attacked by two heroes. About BC 2400. B. |
| 6529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flint tool. Fragmentary. Leaf shaped. E. |
| 6538 | (none) | 1927,0527.192 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two hunters. |
| 6550 | (none) | (none) | B16352 | Domino or Inlay? Black steatite square, one face like 5 of domino. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6560 | (none) | (none) | B16361 | Tool Green stone. One sharp edge. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6576 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head. Black steatite. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6587 | (none) | 1927,0527.1 | (none) | Fragment of Ur Nammu stela. Upper portion of frieze showing portion of crescent, upper part of headdress and 2 more crescents from left to right. Re-used in later period as door-socket. IIIrd Dynasty. |