Carnelian
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
| 12680D | (none) | 1929,1017.311 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper axe Type XXII. [B] (2) Copper reticule containing manicure tools on ring. Traces of matting on reticule. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Bird headed man and rampant animals. [D] (4) Beads - Worn round forehead? 2 carnelian bugles - 1 lapis lentoid. [E] (5) Stone bowl. White limestone. [Type] XXV. [drawing] |
| 12693D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] 1) Copper pin. Straight. Tang head. Type II. [B] 2) Silver wire spiral coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. Broken. [C] And 1 small with thickened ends 1 1/2 coils. [D] Beads, carnelian barrels and lapis balls. [E] Clay offering table. Badly broken. Plan. |
| 12698B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Earring. Silver, composite. Three intertwined, one small lunate 1 1/2 coils; second, one end plain, the other as a penannular ring; third 1 1/2 coils of plain silver wire. [B] (2) Beads. 2 carnelian and 1 lapis bugle probably from a frontlet. |
| 12699B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Copper pin. Straight. Unusual type. Short square tang unusually thick at top in proportion to its length. Perforated near top and waisted near perforation thus [reference to drawing]. Square in section at top, rounded below. [B] (2) Beads 5 in all. Lapis ball. Bright blue paste barrel. 2 minute silver barrels, 1 broken carnelian barrel. [drawing] |
| 12701D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] 1) Copper pin. L. 250mm with lapis ball head and gold caps. Type V B. [B] 2) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. L. 20mm, D. 11mm. Two heroes (one wearing feathered headdress) and rampant animals. [C] 3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli L. 30mm, D. 7mm. Two registers. Above and below: rampant animals. [D] 4) Beads forming a necklace of 3 strings: gold, lapis and carnelian barrels. [E] 5) Beads. Long lentoids of gold and lapis and in center a small gold frog amulet L. 10mm, W. 10mm. [F-G] 6) Gold earrings. A pair. Small 1 1/2 coils. Lunate. [H-I] 7) Two bracelets. [H] One plain silver, the [I] other plain copper. [J] 8) Stone bowl. Calcite. Greyish. Nearly hemispherical. [Type] IX. [K] 9) Stone vase. White calcite [Type] LVI. [L] 10) Silver finger (?) ring. Very small. 1 1/2 coils. |
| 12702A | 30-12-632 | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] 1) Bead. Gold balls; carnelian bugles and barrels, agate boss, chalcedony flat lentoid. Agate double conoid, and silver also copper balls. Lapis diamonds. [B-C] 2) Gold earrings. A pair 1 1/2 coils, lunate ended - hollow bag like ends. | |
| 12703C | (none) | 1929,1017.323 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Silver earring, 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. [B] (2) Copper pin Type V B. Lapis ball head. [C] (3) Lapis and silver double conoids and diamonds, lapis and carnelian bugles and carnelian barrels. [D] (4) Silver finger ring. [E] (5) Stone vase white calcite variant, Type I. |
| 12704I | 30-12-627 | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
| 12704L | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
| 12705A | 30-12-576 | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Beads. Small lapis tubes carnelian rings and bugles. [B] (2) Copper reticule containing manicure tools. [C] (3) Copper dagger with ivory and silver handle. Type II B. Tip missing. [D] (4) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli adhering to blade of 3, not photographed. Men and animals poor cutting. [E] (5) Spindles copper with lapis whorl. |
| 12706D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. Badly broken. [B] (2) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Men fighting rampant animals. [C] (3) Copper bowl. Hemispherical [Type] III. [D] (4) Beads. Lapis and carnelian lentoids, lapis barrels and double conoids, carnelian rings, silver balls, square chalcedony (diamond shaped in section) calcite bead similar in type. [E] (5) Amulet in shape of a silver frog. [F] ( 6) Silver ear (?) ring 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. |
| 12707D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B. |
| 12707F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B. |
| 12711D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper dagger. Type II E. [B] (2) Copper reticule. [C] (3) Stone bowl. Calcite. Type LI. [drawing 2:5] [D] (4) Carnelian bugle beads - three probably worn round forehead. [E] (5) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXIV. [drawing 3:5] [F] (6) Silver earring. 1 1/2 spiral coils lunate ended. [G] (7) Copper vase. Cylindrical. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5] [H] (8)Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. [I] (9) Copper axe. Type XX. [J] (10) Bowl greyish stone. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type XVIII. [K] (11) Beads small lapis and silver double conoids. Carnelian lentoids. [drawing 1:5] [L] (12) Cylinder seal. Lentoid shaped. 2 registers. Gazelles (?). Lapis lazuli. |
| 12711K | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper dagger. Type II E. [B] (2) Copper reticule. [C] (3) Stone bowl. Calcite. Type LI. [drawing 2:5] [D] (4) Carnelian bugle beads - three probably worn round forehead. [E] (5) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXIV. [drawing 3:5] [F] (6) Silver earring. 1 1/2 spiral coils lunate ended. [G] (7) Copper vase. Cylindrical. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5] [H] (8)Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. [I] (9) Copper axe. Type XX. [J] (10) Bowl greyish stone. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type XVIII. [K] (11) Beads small lapis and silver double conoids. Carnelian lentoids. [drawing 1:5] [L] (12) Cylinder seal. Lentoid shaped. 2 registers. Gazelles (?). Lapis lazuli. |
| 12721 | (none) | 1929,1017.495 | (none) | 3 beads. Worn round forehead. 2 carnelian bugles and 1 silver bugle - (silver plated on wood (?)). |
| 12729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Gold and lapis. Plated ball beads. Large with carnelian ring beads in between. |
| 12730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 2 strings of carnelian and gold facetted bugles. |
| 12796 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Carnelian. Crescent moon and great bead (?). Persian period. [drawing 1:1] |
| 13028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian beads. Rings and 1 lentoid. |
| 13040 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Two agate. 1 carnelian ring bead. 1 glazed ball bead. |
| 13042 | (none) | 1929,1017.324 | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, quartzite and steatite double conoid beads. |
| 13049 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian ring beads, glazed frit and a minute glazed frit amulet in shape of a male head - grotesque. [drawing] |
| 13054 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carnelian bead. Fragment of a cylinder seal with a presentation scene and inscription. Three figures end below waist and 2 signs for ilu alone remain. |
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