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)
404 (none) (none) (none) Bead. Half of. in black obsidian. Globular, the surface inscribed reads "(Ur-En)gur.... King of Ur."
405 (none) (none) B14953 Stone vase-lid. Light steatite. Circular. Knob handle broken: round the top a band of dotted concentric circles.[drawing]
420 (none) (none) B15324, B15324 Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU.
421 (none) (none) (none) Basalt hinge-socket of GIMIL ILISHU.
422 (none) (none) B15323 Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR.
423 (none) (none) (none) Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR.
424 (none) (none) (none) Basalt hinge-socket of UR-ENGUR. The stone had been cut down and re-used between the Nebuchadnezzar and the Persian periods: its connection with the door was not certain.
447 (none) (none) (none) Pyramidal seal. Black steatite. one half of Subject: a standing god rt; before him a standing worshipper l: between them a sacred column (?) and a scorpion.
448 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: a god standing and two worshippers one on each side of him. Very poor, scratchy work.
449A (none) (none) B14963 [A-F] Marble vase. In coarse white marble. Five [Crossed out] Six [Written above] fragments of, showing remains of a frieze of waterpots with water pouring out symmetrically from them. Drawing photo 65.
495 (none) (none) (none) Scarab. White steatite. Inscr. [drawing]
496 (none) (none) B15255 Scarab. Green glaze. Inscr. [drawing]
497 (none) (none) B15250 Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing]
512 (none) (none) (none) Black stone inlay. Wig of a female figure, right. [drawing 1:1]
513 (none) (none) (none) Stone plummet. Coarse. Limestone. [drawing 1:1]
517 (none) (none) (none) Spindle whorl of black steatite.
604 (none) (none) (none) Stone gaming piece(?) White marble. Chipped at base. [drawing 1:1]
605 (none) (none) (none) Stone gaming piece(?) White marble. [drawing 1:1]
606 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very much worn: defaced remains of 3 standing figures.
628 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very roughly engraved in scratching line work with what probably meant for human figures.
629 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Well engraved with standing figure of a suppliant l. facing a seated goddess(?) rt = the crescent moon between. Three columns of inscription. 3rd Dynasty style.
648 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White steatite. 2 standing figures of a man being introduced by a god the latter with Sumerian flounced dress, then 2 columns of inscription, then (indistinct), a palm with drooping symmetrical date-clusters. Good engraving of 3rd dyn. style.
649 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject, adorant being introduced to a seated goddess (?) = 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy engraving.
655A (none) (none) B14974 Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing]
685 (none) (none) B15249 Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing]

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Igneous - Metamorphic - Sedimentary