Shell
The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or an egg. Can be used for inlays, decoration, or for holding pigments or makeup.
The hard protective outer case of a mollusk or an egg. Can be used for inlays, decoration, or for holding pigments or makeup.
Objects: Shell Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17581 | Unknown | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17602 | Unknown | |
| 12034 | 30-12-11 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed. Fighting beasts (lions?). | |
| 11533 | 30-12-24 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Scene. | |
| 11405 | 30-12-39 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Presentation scene: Seated goddess: before her a female worshipper introduced by a goddess. | |
| 11600A | 30-12-399B | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Cylinder Seal & Pin. White shell cylinder, geometric pattern. Found with the copper pin plain head. [drawing] | |
| 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). | |
| 12091 | 30-12-41 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. White. Presentation scene before seated deity, inscribed? Very poor condition: no photos possible. | |
| 12691 | 30-12-46 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Poor cutting. Eagle in flight, antelopes? Bulls. | |
| 11443 | 30-12-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5. | |
| 11490B | 30-12-50 | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin & cylinder seal. Copper pin plain, tang head (tang) broken), to which was attached a small white shell cylinder seal with design of a palm tree on one side of which 2 rampant lions, on the other apparently a winged bull (?) the surface very much decayed. | |
| 11491B | 30-12-502 | (none) | (none) | [no description, object identified in publication] | |
| 11428 | 30-12-51 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell much decayed. | |
| (none) | 30-12-521 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-54 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| 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. | |
| (none) | 31-17-109 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-110 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-111 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-113 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 31-17-114 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| 15320 | 31-17-115 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell, much worn and defaced. (Found below burial K) | |
| 14087 | 31-17-116 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Poor condition. Poor cutting. 2 lions crossed. | |
| 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. |