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.

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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)
13031	30-12-44	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish. Presentation scene and 1 dwarf-like figure.
12091	30-12-41	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible.
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).
(none)	30-12-33	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
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?).
(none)	30-12-10	(none)	(none)	[no catalog card from field]
35	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Alabaster, veined. [drawing 1:2]
36	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl. Alabaster, coarse, broken and mended but imperfect. Coarse-grained stone, stained yellow inside. Type 20 new. [drawing]
64	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. In very bad condition, stained and whole surface eroded, much of rim broken away. [drawing 1:2]
94	(none)	1923,1110.47	(none)	Frgs of alabaster vase. Decorated with winged ram in high relief. [drawing]
108	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fr. of alabaster vase. =RC..91a. [drawing]
138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Alabaster bowl. Fr of With remains of inscription in square frame. [drawing] thus
206	(none)	(none)	B14933	Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236
207	(none)	(none)	B14932	Mace-head Alabaster. Complete, except that top moulding is chipped away. Inscribed: [Annotated] Rimush king of Kish.
232	(none)	1923,1110.17	(none)	Stone vase. 3 fragments (2 of which joined together) of limestone bowl. On the outside, carved in relief, a seated goddess with 2 children and a standing god, and 5 figures of adorants. Also an inscription. [annotated] Drawn: see photo.
237	(none)	(none)	B14965	Alabaster Bull's head. Being the front part of a rectangular trough-shaped vase. The stone is in very bad condition and the head has been put together from fragments. The eyes were inlaid and the ears and horns attached. Fine spirited work.
247	(none)	1923,1110.14	(none)	Fragment of large alabaster mace head. Inscribed with a dedication to the moon-god, the oldest son of Enlil. Joined to U.250.
248	(none)	1923,1110.15	(none)	Fragment of Alabaster jar. Inscribed with a dedication to dNin-Kul [Crossed out] Contains curses on any who write their names on the object, in which Nin-sun and Lugal-banda are invoked. Dedication for (?) Dungi by a SAL-ME priestess. [Annotated] Part of same bowl as U.257. [Annotated] Joined to U.257 and U.260
250	(none)	1923,1110.14	(none)	Fragment of alabaser vase or mace head. Inscribed with a dedication recording the fact that it was dedicated in E-Gis-Sir-Gal. [Annotated] Joined to U.247.
251	(none)	1923,1110.20	(none)	Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by a king of the Akkad dynasty.
252	(none)	(none)	B14943, B14943	Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscribed. Dedicated by Ur-Engur. Placed in IN/No 1.
253	(none)	1923,1110.20	(none)	Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by Rimush of Agade. Placed in IN/No 1.
254	(none)	1923,1110.27	(none)	Fragment of alabaster jar. Inscribed. Dedicated to dDungi by his daughter ME-dEnlil. Copied and Translated. Placed in IN/No.1