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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder, clay. Fragment from the end of a barrel cylinder of dark clay, unbaked, with remains of inscription. |
| 17866 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. 2 registers: below, 2 seated figures drinking through tubes. Above, spread eagle and 2 animals (? Gazelles) Archaic style. |
| 17867 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Presentation scene with seated goddess 2 standing figures and remains of a column of inscription instantaneously defaced. Poor work. |
| 17868 | (none) | 1932,1008.173 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Introduction scene with seated deity and 2 standing figures: poor work. |
| 17895 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Hunter attacked by 3 rampant bulls (?) a second hunter with a bow helps from behind - behind, a palm tree (?). |
| 17900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Door of shrine on back of animal; crescent above table on which things are laid; star. |
| 17904 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Introductory scene, 2 standing figures, seated deity; 3 lines of erased inscription. |
| 17920 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Frit. Man shooting gazelle. |
| 17921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Introductory scene; 2 figures and deity standing; crescent on staff; line of inscription. |
| 17958 | (none) | 1932,1008.169 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Glazed frit. Kneeling man shooting many antlered gazelle. |
| 17959 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. 2 gazelle; 2 men holding staff between them. |
| 17970 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. 3 standing figures and 1 kneeling; star; crescent; serpent. |
| 18101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated goddess with altar and tree. |
| 18114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A standing god and goddess: a small nude female figure, 2 dogs (?) and another animal and 3 columns and inscription. |
| 18145 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Introduction scene with seated goddess and 1 standing figure and a tree: star and crescent above. |
| 18146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two registers. Introduction scene, above, with seated goddess and 2 standing figures. Below, swans. |
| 18151 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Rough engraving. Introduction scene with standing god, worshipper and second god and a survivor. |
| 18156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Seated god: before him an altar with 2 worshippers and a lute. |
| 18157 | (none) | 1932,1008.176 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Frit, once glazed but glaze all perished. Crude design: a hunter, with birds in the field: triangle border. |
| 18170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Frit. Over glazed = glaze now perished. Wild goat and tree. |
| 18172 | (none) | 1932,1008.157 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Eagle grasping 2 stags. Poor work. |
| 18173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Glazed frit, glaze much perished. Winged demon before 2 standards -- a pair of horns and a cone respectively on a pole. |
| 18174 | (none) | 1932,1008.168 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Glazed frit -- the glaze perished. Rampant goat (?) and dragon. |
| 18178 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment of. Broken in antiquity and apparently still used, as the broken edges are worn smooth. Grey stone. Triangle border, six-rayed rosette, wild goat and crescent. |
| 18181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey stone. Very roughly cut. Tree and shrine (?). |
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