Marble

This rock ranges in color from white to green to gray to brown to red. It is usually used in statues, as a building material, and as a component in lime.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
9168	(none)	(none)	B17098	Mace head of white marble. Egg-shaped with flat base. [drawing] ht. 0065 TTg Pg 547
9542	(none)	1928,1010.246	(none)	Cylinder seal Fragment Upper half missing Mottled marble Inscribed Presentation scene before seated god. Flounced kaukanes skirts.
9749	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Marble Mottled- greenish blue Presentation scene before seated god; 3 standing deities and a very well defined palm tree. Attribute: crescent moon. Slightly concave. Surface cracked. Faultily perforated; hole not exactly in centre.
9829	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Greyish marble Presentation scene: 3 figures before seated god. Poor condition.
9844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Green marble Inscribed Copper cap at each end. Scene of worship: en-menOan-na/ ur-si/ niOdu/ arad-da-ni - Enmenanna. Ursi, porter, his servant. Enthroned god saluting three divinities who approach with offerings. Enthroned god wears a wide brimmed conical cap. Attribute: the sun. Before him a flat-staff ? with a flag ? on a tripod. First approaching deity has a sword? suspended from waist, the second carries 2 corn ? stalks. Third deity carries a curved notched trident ? - (a name is written alongside this deity). Behind the throne a gazelle, and above it is a 3 column inscription.
9851	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Mottled marble Imperfectly bored- hole not in centre. Three standing deities saluting a seated deity. Seated deity holds a spear-like weapon in his uplifted right hand. All three approaching deities have a spear, standing upright in ground in front of them, point upwards. Behind throne a flower rising out of a pot. NB. The fact that spears are indicated standing upright in the ground is interesting in connection with material evidence from the graves several of which have an upright spear on one side of the body.
9878	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Blue and white marble, speckled Palm, 2 rampant lions crossed and a rampant gazelle.
9976	(none)	(none)	B16858	Seal White marble Oval: rounded top, flat base on which figures of animals roughly done with a drill [drawing] 1:1
10355	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Mottled Marble Men fighting rampant lions and rampant bulls
10364	(none)	(none)	B16872	Cylinder Seal Greenish grey marble Hero: on either side a rampant bull and a rampant lion. Attributes: Crescent Moon, and star on two legged pole.
10397	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal Mottled marble Black with small brownish spots Unusually large size, Very slightly convex. 4 horned deities bearing offerings of (corn?) to an enthroned deity who holds a triple wisp of (corn?) in his right hand. Behind throne a spouting tree on a stand. Seated god has a short pigtail which curls up at back. Standing gods have hair done up in a double bun at the back, they are bearded; wear a long sleeve-less coat tied by a band at the waist. Last deity has a kaukanes flounced skirt like enthroned deity. The latter has a cloak which covers left arm but leaves right arm exposed. Sargonic Grave. [drawing]
10496	(none)	1928,1010.432	(none)	Vase Grey & white marble Complete
10987	(none)	(none)	B16895	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Geometrical design. [drawing]
11107	(none)	1928,1010.239	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Marble. Greyish and mottled. Inscribed. Presentation scene: enthroned god and four figures advancing towards him. All the gods wear the horned headdress and three wear the flaunced kaukanes skirt. One has a plain skirt indicated by vertical radial lines running down from the waist; the introducing deity has a skirt with a division down the middle and a fringe at the bottom. This skirt is indicated by markings running down obliquely to a central vertical line that marks the division. All wear the cloak with one arm only exposed. The seated god appears to be enthroned on a mountain indicated by triangular blocks from the top of which rises a tree. Attributes: lightening? and one deity carries a staff? on the shoulder. Inscription e-zi(d) Ezid; dub-sar scribe. HC..213.
11150	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Brownish mottled marble. Enkidu and Eabani attacking a rampant lion from in front and from behind a third hero attacking a rampant bull. Standing upright in the ground a (throwing spear) with a loop. Slightly concave. Strong bold cutting. [drawing]
11954	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mace head. Pinkish marble. [drawing 1:1]
12631	(none)	1929,1017.326	(none)	[A] Beads. A motley collection including: rock crystal balls, hematite balls, shell and (Chrysoprase?) [chalcedony] bugles (broken), [B.1-.3] 2 unpierced steatite cylinders (for seals). 1 - unpierced marble cylinder (ditto) and [C] fragment of an obsidian mace head. (truncated pear shaped).
12677B	(none)	1929,1017.322	(none)	Group: [A] Cylinder seal lapis lazuli. Geometric decoration. [B] Beads. Carnelian rings and lapis double conoids also 1 mottled marble barrel bead. [C-D] Earrings. Silver. A pair. 1 1/2 spiral coils with thickened lunate ends and [E] 1 copper. [F] Copper finger ring.
13712	(none)	1930,1213.521	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pinkish-white marble. Design of a man fighting with an antelope and a bull, of which the latter is attacked by a lion; the man kneels on one knee. Very crude work.
14476	(none)	1930,1213.139	(none)	Stamp seal. White marble(?) or pebble. scaraboid shape. Rudely engraved below thus: [drawing 1:1]
14482	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pendant. Grey & white marble. Decorated with 2 rows of drill-point holes (the top is broken). [drawing 1:1]
15459	(none)	(none)	(none)	Kohl pot. Marble(?) White. In form of double column. [drawing 1:1] TA
15611	(none)	1930,0012.13	(none)	Stone vase. Fragment. In mottled dark grey & white marble fragment with part of flat base and side. [drawing]
16333	(none)	1931,1010.120	(none)	Mace head. Grey and white mottled marble. Squate pear-shaped.
16420	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight blue-grey marble, with white bands. To be weighed. Type VI.