Shale

This rock is gray to black in color and is formed from compressed clay. It is usually used as Shingles or as flooring.

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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)
8001B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cockle shells. (A) [A and D] a pair, containing white pigment. (B) single shell containing green pigment. (C) [C and E] a pair containing yellow pigment.
8020B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Two squares. [A] One of white bone. [B] One of dark grey stone. Each set with 5 inlay dots, black on the white square, white on the black, thus: [drawing 1:1]
8509A	(none)	1928,1009.380 a	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8935A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8935B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8935C	(none)	(none)	B16749	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
9265	(none)	1928,1009.59	(none)	Button seal Black shale? One side flat, the other convex On the convex side 4 sets of concentric rings Pl. 62 vol. IV L.BM. 120576
9355	(none)	(none)	(none)	Plaque and shell fragments Plaque is square, made of shale, and set with five shell circles in one face like a domino number 5. Two of the circles missing. Fragments of shell plaques, one bearing traces of red paint and engraved with the figure of an eagle attacking the back of a bull ? A fresh water shell L.008 from the valve end.
9510	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 Shale pieces for Inlay. One a disk with a shallow diametrical groove on one side, the other a circular piece, flat on one side, convex on the other. Originally both may have been fitted together as an inlaid eye for a statue. Criss-cross impressions on each are perhaps to be attributed to a fibrous material by which the two were originally fixed together.
10436A	(none)	(none)	B16744A	Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box.
10574	(none)	1928,1010.227	(none)	Staff-head(?) White shell A plain disk, almost flat, below which come strung on the staff 4 rings alternately of black shale and shell. Below them again were 3 shell disks like spindle whorls each with a black ring above: these were much smaller, diam. 0022 as against 034 for the upper rings.
11155	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Ostrich Shell. Originally decorated on base and round the rim with incrustation in shell, lapis, and red stone. All ornament gone: the Shell much distorted and broken.
11162C	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Gaming-board. Set in silver. Shell plaques engraved with lapis borders engraved with animal scenes, except for 2 in rosettes. Only part of it was found, giving in all: 13 plaques of which 6 were still in their setting and 7 loose: these have been reset, those in original order in the top 2 rows, the rest below, and one rosette piece omitted. Orig. W. 120mm(?); plaques 32 x 40mm; 35mm square. With this must go: (B) Gaming pieces, of white shell, square with engraved scenes, in all 9 and one half piece. (C) Gaming pieces, circular, of balck shale with 5 white dots, diam. 25mm, 3 in all. (D) one white disk with blue spot. (E) Small balls of lapis, 8 in all. (F) 23 small white balls (these are perhaps counters)? (G) 3 lapis dice, of usual solid triangle with inlay dots at 2 points. (H) 6 square men, black and white spots. (NB: Some of the gaming pieces B & C were found in Chamber B.) [I] [Not assigned] (J) [J, L-M] 3 slender rods, square in section, of ivory (?) with engraved patterns on one edge and concentric circles on the other. L. 65mm, W. 4mm (K) in the inside of the board (a box) was a complete set of men, 7 white and 7 black, the former with animal scenes, the latter with 5 white dots.
12629	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mould for Sirrush. Minute. Shale? Dark. Back of mould shaped like a rectangular stamp seal.
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).
16302	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pendant, Shale. [drawing 1:1]
19086	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inlay, or gaming pieces and inlay. 7 shell squares each originally engraved which were inlaid between borders of narrow brown wood(?) strips: also 5 shale disks each inlaid with 5 large white dots and 1, 2, or 3 small red dots; and two square shale pieces each inlaid with 5 white dots (probably there were more which were lost); the shell squares are inlay, the others may be gaming pieces. [drawing 1:1]
20067	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin. Type 1. With ball head made of two pieces of shell and one of shale stuck together to imitate banded sard.
18269J	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) [A and N] Pair of copper bracelets, penannular, square section with flattened papyrus ends. (B) Bangle of thin copper wire. (C) Copper fibula. [drawing] (D) Copper fibula thus [reference to drawing] pin missing. [drawing] (E) [E-O] 2 copper finger rings. (F) Bronze arrowhead, 3-flanged type. (G) Iron knife blade, straight and slender type. Broken. (H) Iron leaf-shaped blade, broken. (I) [I and P] [I] Bone spindle and [P] glazed whorl. (J) Shale amulet in form of bird. [drawing 1:1] (K) Beads: string of very small yellow glaze ring with 6 puzuzu heads of blue glazed frit and some black and white glass paste balls and one yellow pasted bead. (L) Beads: string of pink and white stone scaraboids, large shell disk, blue glaze puzuzu head, paste scaraboid, decorated, glass rings. (M) Beads: Stone beads, carnelian, sard, marble, limestone, rough.
8509B	(none)	1928,1009.386b	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509C	(none)	1928,1009.380c	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509D	(none)	1928,1009.380d	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509E	(none)	1928,1009.380e	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509F	(none)	1928,1009.380f	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509G	(none)	1928,1009.380g	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.