Bitumen Collection

Persian hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage
Hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage made of calcite and bitumen, from Susa

Cannel Coal Vase, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Cannel Coal Vase, 1845. The fine variety of Coal known as " Cannel, " is now employed, at a moderate cost, as a substitute for black marble, for the pedestals of statues, plinths

Ebano bitumen stored at Elizabeth Wharf, Limehouse, London, c1900
Barrels of Ebano bitumen stored at Elizabeth Wharf, Limehouse, London, c1900. The Ebano Oil Company imported bitumen from Mexico

Laying bitumen road surface in a Paris street, c1900. In the background a man is drawing buckets of liquid bitumen from a tanker for the workmen to spread. The men are wearing wooden shoes (sabots)

Persian lion mounted on a wheeled carriage
Lion mounted on a wheeled carriage made of calcite and bitumen, from Susa

Persian cup in the form of a Mouflon
A Persian cup in the form of a Mouflon, made of Bitumen, from the Louvres collection

Queens Lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. Stringed instrument with a bulls head. The front panels are made of lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone originally set in bitumen

Cup in the form of a mouflon, Susa, c2000-1940 BC
Cup in the form of a mouflon, Susa, Dynasty of Simshki, c2000-1940 BC. The cup is made from a bitumen compound. Now at The Louvre

Calcite and bitumen hedgehog mounted on wheeled base, Susa, c12th century BC. This object was part of a hoard deposited near the Temple of Inshushinak (the patron god of Susa). It is now in The Louvre

Limestone and bitumen lion mounted on a wheeled base, Susa, c12th century BC. This object was part of a hoard deposited near the Temple of Inshushniak (the patron saint of Susa)

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