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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7985 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above, seated goddess with attendant behind receives a worshipper and a seated god with attendant below receives a worshipper. Below: banquet scene; 2 seated figures drinking through tubes; attendant behind one, design like a hatched shield. |
| 7986 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Design in 3 registers, worn and not recognisable. |
| 7989 | (none) | (none) | B16864 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite with silver caps. Subject Gilgamesh and Eabana fighting bulls. (N.B.) part of the linen thread was preserved in the hole) | |
| 7990 | (none) | (none) | B16789 | Cylinder seal of grey mottled stone -- ? fossilised coral. Much worn: subject: crossed goats and 3 persons pouring libations. | |
| 8006 | (none) | (none) | B16889 | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above, 2 seated figures, table and door. Below, 2 animals? Very deep cutting and most primitive style. | |
| 8041 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. Scene: Gilgamesh(?) and 4 rampant animals, in the centre 2 bulls heraldically crossed, flanking them 2 lions. |
| 8053 | (none) | (none) | B16866 | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers. Above: two seated deities with an attendant between them & facing one of them, two worshippers. Below: a door? a seated deity & 3 worshippers. Very archaic style, figures with birdlike heads. |
| 8056A | (none) | (none) | B16882 | Cylinder seals of white shell. All in very bad condition. A: 4 animals, the centre two heraldically crossed, and a tree? or man? B: unrecognisable. C: unrecognisable. | |
| 8056B | (none) | (none) | B16891 | Cylinder seals of white shell. All in very bad condition. A: 4 animals, the centre two heraldically crossed, and a tree? or man? B: unrecognisable. C: unrecognisable. | |
| 8093 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite, dark fading to yellow. Introduction scene: a seated deity, a minor god, and 2 worshippers. |
| 8094 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Burnt? or decayed. Scene of Gilgamesh with the lion and Eabani with the bull. Very much effaced. |
| 8119 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: 2 seated deities in sheep skin skirts facing one another. One arm upraised. A standing figure between facing one of them. Beyond; the gate of a shrine? thus - [drawing]. Below: 3 seated deities wearing sheep skin skirts. 2 behind one another. A third opposite. Between them a palm? rising from a high bowl with a pedestal thus - [drawing]. One deity strikes it with a sword? the other holds a branch with his hand. |
| 8141 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Partly obliterated. At the base of the seal in high relief a lion, body in profile head and forelegs full face. Winged dragon? gazelle, and hero attacking bull. 2 bearded bulls rampant, crossed, with man's heads. |
| 8169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 balls facing each other: between them a mountain wherein trees(?). Behind them in the air an object [drawing: symbols on seal] with a bird on it. Very fine cutting. |
| 8228 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Gilgamesh between 2 lions and Eabani with a bull. |
| 8290 | (none) | (none) | B16863 | Cylinder seal. Shell. Pinkish. Slightly blackened by fire. Two registers. Subject indistinct. Above: A spread eagle. Below: A kneeling? man, and a snake? occupying the full length of the seal 2 winged dragons, crossed, and a rampant bull. | |
| 8339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. decorative design. [drawing] |
| 8359A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder seal of lapis lazuli on a [B] silver bangle. The bangle is of flattened silver wire now distorted and broken: the wire passes through the cylinder. Cylinder, 2 registers: above; inscription. 1 human figure, and rampant animals. below; 1 human figure and rampant animals. |
| 8367 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: Above, seated figure with attendant behind, drinking through a tube: then figure making offerings to a seated figure behind where are 2 attendants. Below: gate of shrine, man opening it(?) and man carrying a sheep to it. Then a standing attendant and 2 seated figures facing each other and drinking through tubes. Fine archaic work. |
| 8385 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Subject: in front of a palisade a standing figure, then a seated figure facing him, between them a jar: a second palisade: three goats: in the field above various emblems (gaming board(?) Ziggurat(?) ear of corn, vases). Curious archaic piece. |
| 8388 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell? Burnt and blackened: much defaced. Two registers. In each 3 gazelles: the registers in inverse directions. |
| 8389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals. |
| 8410 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. White. Deeply cut - poor condition. Fighting men - fighting bulls. |
| 8416 | (none) | (none) | B16870 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Green. Small piece missing near one end. Inscribed. Slightly concave. Two rampant lions back to back. Each is attacked by a naked bearded and horned hero. Between the 2 lions tails 3 vertical lines with rounded heads standing above a pair of spread wings? - thus [drawing] | |
| 8417 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Inscribed but obliterated. Bearded hero attacking rampant bull and second hero with high horns and bulls feet attacking rampant lion. |
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