Basalt
This is made of quartz and feldspar, usually a grey to black color that weathers to brown or rust-red with oxidization. It has a fine grained texture. It is used in statues.
This is made of quartz and feldspar, usually a grey to black color that weathers to brown or rust-red with oxidization. It has a fine grained texture. It is used in statues.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 295 | (none) | 1923,1110.3 | (none) | Gate socket, Basalt. Inscription on smooth surface, with shoulder below. Records the building of A.A22AG.GA.NI GIG.KISAL[Above] by Bur-Sin I. Copied and transliterated. |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| 838 | (none) | 1923,1110.1 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. In bad condition. Inscribed with the name of GIMILSIN. |
| 900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt door-socket. In very bad condition. With inscription of KURIGALZU. Reads "To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzu, who is the servant of the sun-god..." (1) Nannar (2) logal-a-ni-ir. (3)(a) Ku-ri-gal-zu. (4) lu arad Babbar-ra?? |
| 901 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Basalt impost-stone. Inscription with name, etc., of BURSIN. |
| 950 | (none) | (none) | B15322, B15322 | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of KURIGALZU. | |
| 1505 | (none) | 1924,0920.182 | (none) | Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1550 | (none) | 1924,0920.205 | (none) | Roughly fashioned human hand, with fingers. Dark grey stone. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1701 | (none) | (none) | B15732 | Stone Weight. Black stone. Cigar shaped with 6 incised strokes. Type II |
| 2519 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Basalt. Inscribed. [inscription] : igi 6 gal = 1/6. Type I |
| 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] |
| 2727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Broken. Weather worn. Volcanic ashes. Basalt? [drawing] |
| 2734 | (none) | (none) | B16279 | Statue fragment. Black basalt, showing hair conventionall treated. Sketch. [drawing] |
| 3181 | (none) | 1927,1003.73 | (none) | Whetstone. Brown pebble, worn smooth, ends rounded. |
| 3360 | (none) | 1927,1003.66 | (none) | Polished weight. Of green volcanic stone: sectional cut roughly oblong. Type V. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6502 | (none) | (none) | B16227 | Stone duck weight. Black. Type VI. E. | |
| 8466D | (none) | 1928,1009.455 | (none) | [A-E] 5 weights, [A-D] 4 hematite, [E] 1 silver lentoid. hematite - 1 lentoid, 1 conoid, 1 ovoid, 1 roughly cylindrical, slightly bigger at base than at top. weights: Types I, II, III, IV. |
| 9140A | (none) | (none) | B17097 | Whetstones. Two A:B large & heavy of grey stone. one [A] pierced at the top for suspension. | |
| 11677 | (none) | 1927,0527.24a | (none) | Fragment of Statue(?) Diorite inscribed. |
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