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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 523 | (none) | 1923,1110.36 | (none) | Fragment of obsidian vase. Inscribed with dedication(?)... of Ba(u). |
| 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. |
| 652 | (none) | 1923,1110.35 | (none) | Stone vase, fragment of. Black steatite vase. Inscribed. Probably a votive dedication for the life of Dungi. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 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] | |
| 744 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of dolomite statue. Probably from shoulder. Last four lines of single column inscription of a King of Ur. Length of inscription 50mm |
| 749 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragment of obsidian, with parts of signs from 2 lines. Illegible. |
| 776 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 fig of adorants approaching a god l. with crescent above: behind, 4 small fig. in 2 registers: good work. |
| 790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: man fighting lion(?) : traces of 1 column inscription erased. Poor work. |
| 805 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diorite statue. Of Entemena. Found in burnt layer on Nabonidus pavement before the inner doorway of the Ziggurat gate in the SW temenos wall. Headless. Long inscription on rt. upper arm and across back of shoulders. Wears usual fleece skirt: hands clasped below breasts. |
| 806 | (none) | 1923,1110.2 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of NABONIDUS. The fragments of the iron shoe of the door-post are still fixed in the stone. |
| 808 | (none) | (none) | B15325 | Basalt duck weight. Broken below the breast and badly cracked by fire. Inscribed on wing 30 true minas. Type VI | |
| 810 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Flat base, straight sides. Type JN23 new. |
| 811 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat. |
| 812 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides, flat base. |