Cylinder Seals
This category includes seals that are cylindrical in shape.
This category includes seals that are cylindrical in shape. These are made from various materials, and have various scenes carved into them. They are rolled onto a mud or clay object to created an impression.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11596 | (none) | 1929,1017.376 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Man fighting a lion; a seated goddess. Inscribed: En An-Ki-da ? Lord (priest?) of Heaven and Earth. HC..12. |
| 11598A | 30-12-35 | (none) | (none) | Group. [A](1) Cylinder Seal, lapis, man, lion & gazelle]. [B](2) Copper Axe Type XVII. [C](3) A few beads of lapis and copper. | |
| 11600A | 30-12-399B | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Cylinder Seal & Pin. White shell cylinder, geometric pattern. Found with the copper pin plain head. [drawing] | |
| 11602 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed Cylinder. Yellowish pebble. Unpierced. Roughly cut. 2 figures saluting an emblem (crescent on staff) Inscrip. Ur-Ki-sikil-la dumu A-tu-mug. HC.1928/9-1. |
| 11604 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder . Steatite. 2 men and lion Inscrip: ? - ta (?)-...mudnannar dumu(?) Lugal-a(?)-bu(?) |
| 11661 | 30-12-37 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder. Grey steatite. 2 persons saluting crescent on staff. Inscribed : SudMI-IB dumu Ku-edin dam-gar. | |
| 11666 | (none) | 1929,1017.361 | (none) | Cylinder Clay. Inscription only=a-ad-da dumu DU-DU (or lah). |
| 11667 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Clay. Inscrip. only 2 lines mostly illegible line 1 begins li-bi-it. |
| 11670 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder. Yellowish shell. Presentation, to goddess in front of whom goose & crescent cf. UM. 11671; Inscription: IGI-AN-DIB-AB IB-DU-LUGAL dumu ZI-KU-LI meaning what? HC 20 |
| 11671 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder. Steatite. Presentation to Goddess preseded by goose & crescent cf. U.11670. Inscription: KUIA-NINNI-mes dumu Mes-ma-la-na. |
| 1168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. With device of winged animal rampant between two supporting human figures. The animal faces right, and between left man and the animal a scorpion stands in the field. Inscribed: -Ba-da-da mar Ma-li. |
| 1169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Stone. Engraved with figures of man and animal. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11709 | (none) | 1929,1017.369 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Dark steatite. Apparently unfinished. 2 figures (Ea and an adorant) and the beginnings only of a third. |
| 1171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cylinder seal. Fragment of Drab stone, engraved with rough figures, bird, etc. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11715 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell very badly decayed. |
| 1172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cylinder seal. Black stone. Engraved with figures, goddess and worshippers. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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). | |
| 1173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cylinder seal. Black stone. Engraved with figures in 2 registers: upper register presentation to god; lower register, frieze of swans swimming to right. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11734 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above mythological beasts; below, a monkey under a tree playing pipes to 2 lions, a bull, a gazelle, and a humn-headed bird. |
| 11745 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. 2 heroes fighting a lion & a bull. |
| 11751 | (none) | 1929,1017.348 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell, the ends inlaid with lapis disks. Very much decayed. 2 heroes & 4 animals: man on the left strikes at a rampant bull(?) turned away from him & grappling with a lion(?) this lions body crosses that of a second lion who attacks a bull which is seized from behind by a figure half human and half bull. Between the two human figures is a double column inscription, upper register only:-Mes-kalam-dug(or sar) Lugal. | |
| 11757 | 30-12-13 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Sides slightly convex. 2 registers: gazelles rough linear drawing. | |
| 11773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers above, banquet scene; below, Imdugud. |
| 11774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above, banquet; below, seated deities (?). |
| 11825 | 30-12-1 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis Lazuli. Gazelle attacked by bull, & gazelle attacked by 2 bulls. Inscription: Su-sikil(?) DINGER-SES-AB lugal-ni Kalam-dug-dam. We expect dam-Kalam-dug and perhaps this is possible. ni is written between lines 2 &3, and dam between lines 3 & 4, but both at the end (right). Provisional translation: -Pure Hand (=Handmaid ?) of Nannar (new ideogram.) her King. Kalam-dug-dam (or Dam-Kalam-dug =Wife of the good land). |
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