Quartz
This material comes in every color. Usually found in sand, Used in glass and as gemstones.
This material comes in every color. Usually found in sand, Used in glass and as gemstones.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7126 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Grey. Linear markings. B. |
| 6791 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Plain. B. |
| 18151 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Rough engraving. Introduction scene with standing god, worshipper and second god and a survivor. |
| 7927 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Slightly concave. Marble? core within roughly 8mm in diameter. Inscribed. Conical copper cap on one end. Bearded hero with protruding hair locks, mounted on dragon and clutching it by the tail. The dragon faces a bull rampant, head upraised, mounted by bearded hero similar to first also holding hismount by the tail. Between a couchant gazelle. |
| 8714 | (none) | (none) | B17033 | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Two registers. Above: Male figure approaching from behind a lion? in front of the lion a fallen gazelle and in front of the gazelle a winged dragon. Below: A winged dragon, and second similar? and a rampant gazelle? | |
| 18457 | 33-35-178 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Milky crystal. Geometrical (?) designs in 2 registers. |
| 11473 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Of rock crystal. Unfinished. 3 figures, 1 seated, 2 standing, have been roughly ground out all but the heads: no engraving as yet, but grinding only. The cylinder is bored and in the bore-hole ridges have been worked to take colored paste. |
| 18155 | 32-40-327 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pale amethyst. Warrior in chariot shooting with bow and arrow: a fallen enemy beneath the horse's hooves. Poor cutting. |
| 6753 | (none) | 1927,0527.175 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Quartz. Violet? Color. Plain. E. |
| 12086 | (none) | 1929,1017.379 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Rock crystal. Hero fighting rampant lion; repeated twice. White paste core run down centre of seal. |
| 7581 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Rock crystal. White. 9 fish. c.-3000BC? |
| 11957 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) |
| 7953 | (none) | 1928,1009.12 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White crystal, with copper caps; carinated. Two Gilgamesh figures each fighting a lion. Large cylinder, well cut. The central hole is filled with white paste having chevron bands of bright red which shows through the crystal. Inscribed. |
| 6752 | (none) | (none) | B16283 | Cylinder seal. White crystal. Plain. E. | |
| 16653 | 31-43-154 | (none) | (none) | Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads. | |
| 16167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Oval quartz. Engraved with design of winged dragon. |
| 17816F | 32-40-236 | (none) | (none) | Group. From one burial. (A) Two gold frontlets, oval type with pierced top [A and G]. (B) A pair of gold earrings, small hollow lunate type [B and H]. (C) A single gold earring, same type. (D) Gold hair ribbon. (E) Gold finger ring. (F) Beads: gold and carnelian diamonds. A few gold balls and carnelian rings or lentoids, large hollow gold balls with long carnelian bugles (2) and one barrel, 1 steatite, 1 quartz and 1 agate lentoid. One small ball. | |
| 18694F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Copper bowl, in good condition, plain. [drawing] (B) Iron dagger blade, long leaf-shaped. (C) Iron knife-blade, broken in 3 pieces. [drawing] (D) Copper ball pendant, (E) 3 hair (?) rings of copper wire [E, G-H]. (F) Beads: carnelian, lapis paste, marble, pebble, limestone, crystal, steatite, frit: rings, balls, date shaped, cylindrical and a few small shaped types, axes, flies, etc. |
| 18943E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Gold earring, small lunate type. (B) Silver finger ring, plain wire hoop. (C) Silver hair ring, 2 coils of plain wire. (D) Gold twisted ribbon fillet, with hole at each end. (E) Beads: lapis diamonds and tubes, crystal rings, silver diamonds and balls and small blue glaze cylinders. (F) Copper pin, type 8. (G) Copper reticule. |
| 12383G | (none) | 1929,1017.183 | (none) | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B] Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [C] Silver comb with inlaid petals. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoids. [G] Silver pin [Type] VI A. |
| 12413H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis ball beads. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads. [H] Necklace of quartz, carnelian and gold beads. [I] Lapis cylinder seal. [J] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [K] Bracelet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [L] A second similar bracelet. [M] Cockle shells with green paint. |
| 15305C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A and D] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (B) String of 10 large beads from neck; calcite, chalcedony, steatite, copper and jasper; (C) String of small beads, lapis, agate, crystal, carnelian. |
| 19194B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A)[A and C] Pair of gold earrings, 3 hoops of spirally coiled wire.; (B) Beads. Lapis double conoids and balls, and ribbed lapis cylinder; carnelian rings, date-shaped and double conoid; quartzite truncated triangle pendant; small lapis pendant of seated cow. |
| 17801B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: From one grave. (A) [A and D] 2 gold earrings, small hollow lunette type. (B) [B and E based on museum divisions] Beads: lentoids, bugles, flattened lentoids of barrels of crystal, agate, marble, lapis, carnelian, and a cat's eye: also, probably from a separate string, small balls of carnelian and of copper plated with gold foil - the latter mostly perished. (C) [C and F] 2 plain copper bangles, one broken. |
| 17801E | (none) | 1932,1008.123 | (none) | Group: From one grave. (A) [A and D] 2 gold earrings, small hollow lunette type. (B) [B and E based on museum divisions] Beads: lentoids, bugles, flattened lentoids of barrels of crystal, agate, marble, lapis, carnelian, and a cat's eye: also, probably from a separate string, small balls of carnelian and of copper plated with gold foil - the latter mostly perished. (C) [C and F] 2 plain copper bangles, one broken. |
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