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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
12347 (none) (none) (none) Copper Razor. T shaped. Wooden handle containing three copper rivets.
15409 (none) 1930,1213.46 (none) Copper spear. Type VI.A
12204 (none) (none) (none) Copper Spear. Poken type. Traces of bitumen round haft. Type I. B.
3058 (none) (none) (none) Couchant lion of shell. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
13061 30-12-120 (none) (none) Cowrie shell.
14261 31-17-372 (none) (none) Cowrie shell.
19448 (none) 1935,0112.107 (none) cut open as lamp, and with a knob base cut on the back,in which two holes (for fixing in a stand?)
8021 (none) (none) (none) Cuttle-fish bones. Probably for toilet purposes.
19197 (none) (none) (none) Cylidner seal. Shell. Partly decayed. Hero fighting animals.
9166 (none) (none) B16853 Cylinder seal Pinkish stone Rampant beasts Poor work and rubbed Chipped at base
9808 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal Shell 2 bearded bulls rampant, back to back, 3 standing heroes next to one another- two of them are attacking the bulls; the third stands in between the other two heroes.
8494 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Shell Blackened by fire Two rampant lions crossed on either side 2 rampant antelopes? and between them a naked hero
10530 (none) (none) B16747 Cylinder Seal Shell Inscribed Naked bird-headed hero with sharp upstanding hair resembling plumes pulls a rampant antelope by the horns; before the antelope a pair of rampant lions crossed and beyond the lions a rampant ram reversed-head downwards. Below the ram a scorpion. Inscription reserved on an upper register: Lugal-sa(g)-pad-da). HC 211
10359 (none) 1928,1010.240 (none) Cylinder Seal Shell Presentation scene Seated god & 3 standing figures Poor condition
10708 (none) (none) B17029 Cylinder Seal Shell Rampant bird headed men and antelopes
9069 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Shell Subject indistinct Rampant lion and rampant gazelle.
9567 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal Shell Two heroes fighting a lion and a bull. 2 columns of inscription: Gimil-i-li-su; Sangudgis-erim; Gimil-ilisu; Priest of dgisERIM (su for su, as in period of Agade) (HC.203)
9049 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Shell White Curvilinear desig 6 holes partially perforated on body of seal to admit inlay. No trace of inlay left. [drawing]
9050 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Shell White. A seated divinity and 3 standing figures. Poor condition.
9717 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Shell White. With copper caps, only part of cap remains. Part of seal obliterated. Bearded horned bull standing upright next to horned deity who wears short skirt, and holds him by the tail. Two other deities, one with a flowing beard, the second with a shorter beard and wearing a low rectangular hat, are probably attacking rampant lions and bull; the latter are obliterated.
8713 (none) (none) B16862 Cylinder seal Shell, highly polished Geometric design. Triangles, short straight lines running parallel to one another and designs resembling a coiling serpent [drawing of serpent shape]
10367 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal Shell. White. Inscribed. 2 heroes each grasping a rampant bull by the tail and forcing the head back by the horns. Each hero clothed in short (sheep-skin?) skirt coming down to the knees: shirt has tasselled ends. Each hero is bearded and the hair at the back of the head is done up into a short upturned curl. Seal has copper caps set in bitumen. Caps broken and decayed. Par t of subject obliterated. A - DEN-ZU-dim Ka-su-du - A-ENZU-dim, libationer: (suggested by Dr. Rarn): A- DEN-ZU-sim - son created by EN-ZU (analogy with A-anni-padda).
9261 (none) (none) B16892 Cylinder seal Shell? 2 seated gods, between them a standing god. Behind one throne a palm tree.
9943 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal White Shell A man and lions fighting, and a lion fighting a bull, a small animal scene, and an inscription. dsara-men (?) dub-sar nin sara-men, scribe of the lady. Into the hole is fitted a tube of dark shale (?). (HC. 205).
9341 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal White shell Almost all the surface gone, but one small part left showing a lion, a stag and a spotted leopard. Found attached by a silver band to the belt.

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