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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1356 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black diorite, with traces of an inscription, probably of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. |
| 1358 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flint implement. Spoon-shaped, the haft broken off. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1367 | (none) | (none) | B15322, B15322 | Sandstone gate socket of Kurigalzu, with inscription similar to that of U.1208, 9 lines. |
| 1411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black marble (?) Eagle with outspread wings clutching the backs of 2 rampant ibexes which turn their heads backward. Between the heads of the 2 creatures is a palm-tree or symbol. No inscription. |
| 1504 | (none) | (none) | B15729 | Stone weight(?) grey-black stone. Flattened on underside. Incised marks (possibly Aramaic letters) Type I. P. [drawing]. | |
| 1523 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. One side much damaged. Device is in 2 registers. Introduction scene above and crude design of swans below. Inscription: ahat-i-li-lugal-usum-(gal)-la PA. For design and inscription compare U.1268 and U.1267. |
| 1544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing deity (Marduk) and seated deity with altar between and tree at back. |
| 1547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI |
| 1558 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Cross. White chert. Perhaps originally glazed; pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1625A | (none) | (none) | B15620, B15620, B15620 | Three (3) fragments of a black diorite monument, originally in shape of 4-sided pyramid, surmounted by a smaller body of the same shape. Around all sides of the lower pyramid runs a long inscription of New Babylonian date, concerning contracts for the building of a bit apti and the acquisition of the site for it, in the city of Ur. Found on New Babylonian floor level in N. corner between Nabonidus platform and the old wall. |
| 1628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed with scene of presentation to goddess. |
| 1636 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. With roughly engraved device of introduction ceremony, and inscription of 2 lines. Ur-dub: dumu Ur-d.Kal |
| 1658 | (none) | (none) | B15609 | Diorite human head Fragment of, life-size. Shewing from top of neck to base of nostrils, rt side of face only, and back across cheek to below ear; mouth complete and chin nearly so. Very fine work of the Gudea type. |
| 1701 | (none) | (none) | B15732 | Stone Weight. Black stone. Cigar shaped with 6 incised strokes. Type II |
| 1706 | (none) | (none) | B15594 | Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes. | |
| 1733 | (none) | (none) | B15589 | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing] | |
| 1734 | (none) | (none) | B15590 | Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P. | |
| 2503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing] |
| 2504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300 |
| 2505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing] |
| 2519 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Basalt. Inscribed. [inscription] : igi 6 gal = 1/6. Type I |
| 2529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Soapstone. Slightly concave. Recut. Rough inscription added. [inscription represented here] Perhaps, sal-me zu: thy salme. A special class of votary. The scene represents an introduction to a seated goddess. About 2400 BC. Inscription more recent. [drawing] |
| 2590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Granite. Type VI. |
| 2600 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. Black stone-basalt? Two worshippers on either side of a deity. Weapon of Nergal in the field. About BC 2000. [drawing] |
| 2631 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of small soap-stone box. Engraved with circular design. Sketch. [drawing] |