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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18994 | 35-1-14 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two hunters fighting a lion. |
| 19072 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, a banquet scene; below, eagle grasping 2 gazelles. |
| 18986 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, standing figures; below animals. |
| 18914 | 35-1-6 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, two heroes each fighting with two beasts below, seated and standing figures. |
| 19075 | 35-1-7 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: in each, a row of animals, the rows inverted. |
| 19132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Zig-zag pattern. |
| 15303 | (none) | 1930,1213.163 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. 2 men fighting a lion; crescent & star. Poor cutting. |
| 18975 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Bull carrying a shrine, with worshippers, gods and animals. |
| 15309 | 31-17-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting. | |
| 18983 | (none) | 1935,0112.37 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Two registers: above, banquet scene with two seated figures drinking through tubes; below, birds? |
| 18985 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Light yellowish steatite. God in a shrine(?), attendant, and palm tree. |
| 18976 | 35-1-5 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Light yellowish stone. 2 heroes fighting animals. |
| 16711 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Man-headed winged bull(?) grasping an winged gryphon by the tail. Attributes: star and two spoon-like symbols. |
| 7523 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Marble. grey. Inscribed but faint. Two deities with hands upraised and between them armed warrior and sceptre with serpent's head. [drawing of scene] |
| 18917 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, hero and fighting animals; below, heroes fighting animals. |
| 16664 | (none) | 1931,1010.42 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled marble. Presentation scene: 2 standing figures before an enthroned god. |
| 18920 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled steatite. God in a shrine of which each door is guarded by an attendant: two columns of inscription. Inscription uncertain (C.J.G.) |
| 19008 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pale grey steatite. Poor condition. Seated deity and four standing figures. |
| 18977 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pale mottled steatite. Seated deity and 3 standing figures. |
| 13712 | (none) | 1930,1213.521 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pinkish-white marble. Design of a man fighting with an antelope and a bull, of which the latter is attacked by a lion; the man kneels on one knee. Very crude work. |
| 18915 | (none) | 1935,0112.53 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Quartzite. Criss-cross marking. |
| 15494 | (none) | 1930,1213.134 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Red jasper. Presentation. |
| 19031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell, partly decayed. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 15483 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. 2 rampant lions crossed, antelope and nude bird-headed hero. |
| 18923 | 35-1-2 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. A hero, and fighting animals. Archaic: very much worn and defaced. |
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