Calcite Group

The Calcite group is composed of minerals that have flat triangular shaped carbonate ions (CO₃). They have perfect cleavage and exhibit strong double refraction. Minerals in this group can partially or fully replace one another.

Objects: Calcite Group Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
9310	(none)	(none)	B17009	Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba
16555	31-43-20, 31-43-20	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11
13515	31-17-117	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting.
13521	31-17-118	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Calcite. White. 2 registers. Imperfect condition. Above: banquet scene, 3 seated figures, two of them sucking drink through a tube the third approached by a standing figure third approached by a standing figure. Below: two rows and a spread eagle.
11896	30-12-31	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Pale green calcite. (1 side decayed) human-headed bulls & heroes fighting.
11401	30-12-23	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles.
12034	30-12-11	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed. Fighting beasts (lions?).
12091	30-12-41	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible.
13031	30-12-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
11889	30-12-7	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell (in poor condition) A man, a lion, a bull & a gazelle fighting.
11528	30-12-8	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell much decayed. Subject: a man & 2 lions rampant against a deer? upside down.
11443	30-12-49	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5.
11725	30-12-40	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. A god with one foot on a hill, & 3 worshippers. Inscription (Lug)al(?)-(?)-la(?)-ni dub-sar(=scribe).
11978	30-12-9	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. White shell. Decayed, but design visible of fighting animals.
7917	(none)	(none)	B16905	Flat seal. Hemispherical. Calcite. Greyish. Animal? design.
497	(none)	(none)	B15250	Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing]
13722	31-17-24	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1]
(none)	30-12-57	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-58	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-63	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-64	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	30-12-65	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B15275	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16318	Unknown
(none)	(none)	(none)	B16329	Unknown