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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Rampant lions crossed. |
| 15477 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Terionachy, seated bird-headed man and scorpion. |
| 13711 | 31-17-15 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design. | |
| 16608 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Presentation scene. Enthroned god. Attendant stands behind 2 figures approached the enthroned god. |
| 11580 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. 2 registers. Presentation scenes. |
| 17396 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Agate. Originally had studs at each end. Copper stamp protrudes beyond the end of the seal. Winged dragons. Rampant. |
| 20047 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Amethestine quartz. A man kneeling and catching a gazelle. Scratching work. [annotated] Persian period dated by iron swords, scarab, etc. |
| 685 | (none) | (none) | B15249 | Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing] | |
| 17319 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Animals (?) at gate of shrine course cutting. | |
| 17358 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Dark bronze. Seated god, attendant stands behind, one standing figure in front. Crescent moon and other attributes. |
| 18217 | (none) | 1933,1013.77 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Design indistinct, a row of seated human figures mostly done with drill dots and some connecting incised lines. Very early type. |
| 6290 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Glazed. Dark grey. Fragmentary. Lines. Neo-Babylonian. B. [drawing] |
| 6289 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Glazed. Grey. Emblems of Marduk - of Nabu - of Shamash - of Sin U and a winged dragons. Neo-Babylonian. B. [drawing] |
| 16126 | (none) | 1931,1010.57 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Linear markings. Phoenician script. To be deciphered. 2 signs ? only. |
| 16150 | (none) | 1931,1010.53 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Squatting monkey(?) bull, crescent moon .=L.622 [Typology?] Legrain puts seals 460-573 as Isin-Larsa. Numbers below 403 back to 270 as IIIrd Dynasty. |
| 16147 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Theriomachy(?) |
| 17317 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Two standing figures and a winged dragon. |
| 17326 | 31-43-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Two standing figures. Between them crescent on a pole. A third figure inverted to the other two. | |
| 12087 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Very rough deep cutting on an irregular cylinder. Criss-cross markings; and a design possibly intended to represent a pair of scales? |
| 16102 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Balck steatite. 2 standing deities facing one another in salutation. Between them a vertical pole capped by a crescent moon. Palm rising from a vase with dates (?) suspended from it on either side. |
| 11496 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Black & white breccia (?) palm tree & 4 figures. |
| 6005 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black and brown pebble diorite much worn; design practically lost. B |
| 11456 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black and white breccia. Subject: animals and men fighting. Inscription GUR-na. [drawing] HC..6. |
| 1043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black and white marble. Large, rather coarsely engraved. Men and beasts, subjects. |
| 6091 | (none) | (none) | B16311 | Cylinder seal. Black basalt. Nannar, minor god and votary. E. |
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