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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8916 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis Lazuli Scene: Gilgamesh and bull, Eabani and lion. |
| 8917 | (none) | (none) | B16867 | Cylinder seal. Green Stone Above, string pattern [drawing] Below, 2 seated and 2 standing gods | |
| 8926 | (none) | (none) | B16888 | Cylinder seal. Lapis Lazuli. 2 registers. Above: 1 seated and 2 standing figures. Below: men [illegible] animals | |
| 8971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis 3 figures before a god Broken and mended. The cylinder had silver beads and a tube of silver ran through it and was fixed to caps: the latter are decayed (and stuck to U.8972): the tube still inside. |
| 8981 | (none) | (none) | B16852 | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: below: 1 man, fighting animals. Above, human figure with rampant animals on each side and inscription of NIN-TUR-NIN. | |
| 8991 | (none) | (none) | B16859A | Cylinder seal. Steatite, dark grey mottled. Scene: Gilgamesh, Eabani, lion and bull. | |
| 8993 | (none) | (none) | B16875 | Cylinder seal Dark greenish steatite. Very large with fine engraved scene: 3 human figures and 2 man-headed bulls crossed. | |
| 8999 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene, seated god and two standing figures. Inscription of KU-RU-UG SHAMASH, a merchant. |
| 9010 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis Lazuli. Inscribed: Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion and rampant bull respectively. [The following is probably a later addition to the card] Legend: Ur-Igi-gal; servant of Igi-gal or of the Seer (?) |
| 9023 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Gilgamesh and Enkidu back to back. The former, horned, grasps a rampant leopard? (a spotted beast) by the tail, the latter apparently wearing a tiara consisting of 4 erect head pieces grasps a rampant lion by the tail. Beyond, a horned and bearded hero advancing towards a rampant gazelle. c. 3000 BC |
| 9024 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant bull and rampant lion, respectively. |
| 9026 | (none) | (none) | B16876 | Cylinder seal. Marble: green and white. A winged god wearing conical cap and a straight flowing skirt which is represented by vertical parallel lines, holds left arm slightly upraised while apparently addressing a second naked god. The second god is engaged in felling to the ground an unwinged god who is represented as utterly unbalanced, arms flung downward behind the head, head and feet drooping to the ground, middle of the body uppermost. Beyond: a third winged divinity stands over the back of a crouching man, right foot upon the neck, left foot upon the rump. The winged divinity also lays his right hand upon the head of a naked kneeling suppliant, and his left upon the head of a similar suppliant who kneels upon the left knee only. Bold but rather coarse cutting. Subject not hitherto found upon any cylinder seal from Ur. | |
| 9027 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Man-headed bearded bull crossed with lion rampant. On one side a spotted leopard?, on the other side a gazelle, both rampant. A grotesque male figure grasps the leopard by the tail. This figure wears a tiara? This is represented by 4 engraved lines having the appearance of plumes over the head. Behind the gazelle near the top of the seal, a small grotesque figure resting upon one knee. Coarse second-rate cutting. |
| 9028 | (none) | (none) | B16859 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 rampant lions crossed, on either side of them a rampant bull - also a star. | |
| 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. |
| 9051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Limestone? White Spread eagle, star above crescent moon, and on either side of the star and crescent, a reclining antelope with very high horns. |
| 9056 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Steatite Green Broken & mended Gilgamesh and Enkidu v rampant lion and bull |
| 9060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Black steatite A standing bearded male accosts a seated god and a similar standing figure accosts a kneeling deity |
| 9064 | (none) | (none) | B16898 | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Silver core Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion and rampant bull respectively. | |
| 9069 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Shell Subject indistinct Rampant lion and rampant gazelle. |
| 9082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli 2 registers Above: male figure attacking rampant gazelle - behind the gazelle a rampant lion, also, figure behind the man. Beyond them a second male figure wearing a pigtail? Similarly engaged. Below: male figure holding rampant lion by the tail - a gazelle - 2 rampant lions crossed - a gazelle, all rampant. Also, a crescent moon - above a post? |
| 9083 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Steatite Black A hero fighting - between two rampant antelopes, and 2 rampant lions. Attributes: star on a post? [drawing of star on post] |
| 9092B | (none) | (none) | B17490 | Copper pin [A]. Thickened head and short tang. Onto the stem is corroded a small lapis cylinder seal [B](engraved conoid with animal figures) which must have hung from the hole in the stem of the pin. [Type I] | |
| 9100 | (none) | (none) | B16878 | Cylinder seal Black marble? Highly polished Course cutting Slightly concave Seated god within 2 gates of a shrine. 1 divinity knocking at each door |
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