EditorialShamrock Dead Sea or bituminous, Hartzklee, Fol. 291r, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialExtraction of bitumen, Bituminous water is cooked in pots and compacted, woodcut, p. 469, (Liber duodecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia de...
EditorialStandard for stamp cutter, Black convex conical standard where a flat oval shape is cut out at the top. Very roughly shaped. Inscription: o .: JvL.Z14. According to inventory list NM a standard for a stamp cutter, Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands, 0 - 1...
EditorialModel of a 'plano-convex' brick, Ur III, ca. 2112?2004 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Neo-Sumerian, Bituminous limestone, H. 2.5 x W. 6 x D. 9.7 cm (1 x 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.), Stone-Sculpture,.
EditorialRelief fragment, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12?13, ca. 1981?1640 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north gateway of temple, 1933?34, Limestone, possibly bituminous marble, H. 2.5 cm (1 in); W. 1.5 cm (9/16 in).