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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stud. Long shanked, of translucent grey flint (?) tip broken. [drawing 1:1] |
| 194 | (none) | (none) | B14960 | Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial votive offering. [drawing]. |
| 195 | (none) | 1923,1110.49 | (none) | Granite pick-head. Broken. Ceremonial or votive offering. [drawing] |
| 196 | (none) | (none) | B14962 | Stone hammer-head. Fr of Probably part of ceremonial or votive object. [drawing] 3rd Dynasty Uruk-Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah |
| 197 | (none) | 1923,1110.46 | (none) | Stand (?) [Crossed out] Mace-head Grey schist circular with large hole through the center: possibly stand for ceremonial pick??? Originally inlaid. [drawing] |
| 198 | (none) | 1923,1110.19 | (none) | Limestone mace-head. Fr. of Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication to the god Mastamtaeea for the life of [Crossed out: Bur Sin II(?) of Isin] Ibi-Sin, last king of the Third Dynasty. greatest dimensions [Annotated] Copied + transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 208 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White marble. Complete, but top moulding and one side chipped, and part of inscription missing. [Annotated] Dedication of mace head to Nannar bu Ur-Engur for his life. (1) Nannar. (2) lugal-a-ui. (3) Ur-Engur. (4) mtah-kal-gu. (5) lugal Uri-ki-ma. (6) lugal Ki-en-gi ki-uri ge. (7) (uam ti) - la-ui-su. (8) (um) - na-du. [Annotated] Baghdad |
| 209 | (none) | (none) | B14938, B14938 | Cone, black and white veined marble. Only the lower part preserved. Inscribed: [Annotated] Dedication to the goddess Ningal for the life of Ur-Engur by a priest of Nannar. [Annotated] Duplicate of 249 [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. | |
| 211 | (none) | (none) | B14967 | Stone vase. Fr. of. Fine-grained black stone. On the outside, carved in low relief an animal strongly resembling a pig, but with a bushy tail stands on its hind legs (L), one front paw resting on a conventional mountain. The work is rather crude but vigorous. The vase is of unusual form for a stone vase, section more or less, thus [referencing drawing], the foot being made in a separate piece. [drawing] |
| 219 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Dark green-grey steatite. Fragment. Face flat, inscribed: the central part of the text has been destroyed by hammering. The back is rounded and plain: it also shows hammer marks. [Annotated] Records the name of certain objects dedicated. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad. |
| 220 | (none) | 1923,1110.38 | (none) | Tablet. Dark steatite. Fragment only Inscribed on both sides. [Annotated] Probably concerns the building of E-temen-ni-il. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet of Dark steatite. Complete. Inscription on face with text in 7 registers and on back with one line. [Annotated] Dedication of a temple by Dungi to Min-Sak. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad. |
| 223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet of dark steatite. Broken across. Inscribed on both flat face and rounded back: on the face 8 1/2 lines of broken text remain, on the back 7 and a small bit. [Annotated] Dedication to Adad by Rim-Sin. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] Sent to Baghdad. |
| 224 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dark Steatite vase. fr. of rim. On the outside, carved in relief in very fine and free style: a male figure kneeling on l knee, body l, face front, holds up 2 vases of water each vase being grasped round the neck by the hand of other figures (mostly missing) in similar positions. |
| 230 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Upper part of = White marble (?) burnt to the consistency of French chalk. Remains of rather fine engraving of 3rd Dynasty style. |
| 231 | (none) | 1923,1110.41 | (none) | Stone vase. 4 fragments (of which 2 fit together) of a straight-sided bowl of dark steatite. On the outside, mythological scenes carved in relief - two-headed monster holding the horns of an ibex: another figure fighting serpentine beast: a lion: scorpions: fish, etc. On the inside, inscription. [Annotated] Drawing only [Annotated] Reg. Ins. 9 |
| 234 | (none) | (none) | B15272 | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Scratchily engraved with 2 versions of a man fighting with a rampant lion. Poor. | |
| 236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Black, in dolerite (?). Type VI. |
| 239 | (none) | (none) | B14968, B14968 | Steatite vase. Fr of On the outside, a bull carved with the body in low relief, the head projecting in the round: behind, hind quarters of a second bull (there were presumably 4 on this vase). The body of the bull and the field of the vase are decorated with bone inlay, trefoils and dots, the moon, the sun and geometrical figures. Very fine work indeed. Underneath, on the base, remains of one side of a column of inscription. | |
| 244 | (none) | 1923,1110.30 | (none) | Limestone fragment. Inscribed by priest of Nannar named en-an-ni-pao-da. Duplicate U.245, U.237. [Annotated] Copied: placed in IN/No 1. |
| 245 | (none) | 1923,1110.33 | (none) | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a duplicate text of U.244. [Annotated] Copied: Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 246 | (none) | (none) | B14939 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a dedication by Ur-Engur. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 249 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14938 | Limestone fragment. Inscribed with a votive inscription probably a duplicate of that on the stone cone of Ur-Engur. Joined to U.270. [Annotated] Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 267 | (none) | 1923,1110.18 | (none) | Fragment of mace-head, limestone. Inscribed. Dedication by Ur-Engur for his own life. Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 270 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14940 | Stone fragment of dish. Beginning of last two lines of a dedication. Joined to U.249. Placed in IN/No. 1 |