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.
Objects: Cylinder Seals Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11491B | 30-12-502 | (none) | (none) | [no description, object identified in publication] | |
 | (none) | 30-12-10 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] |
| (none) | 30-12-32 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-33 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-45 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-52 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-521 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-53 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-54 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-55 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| (none) | 30-12-56 | (none) | (none) | [no catalog card from field] | |
| 12004A | 30-12-36 | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder Seal Black Steatite with this a [B] copper pin, plain tang head. Type II. | |
| 10796A | (none) | (none) | B17569 | [A] Cylinder Seal Lapis lazuli With [B] one gold cap Presentation scene before seated god. Minor deity leads in a worshipper by the hand. Behind these a palm tree. Attribute. Crescent moon. cf. U.11104, PG 829 lapis seal same subject found at same depth. | |
| 10796B | (none) | (none) | B17570 | [A] Cylinder Seal Lapis lazuli With [B] one gold cap Presentation scene before seated god. Minor deity leads in a worshipper by the hand. Behind these a palm tree. Attribute. Crescent moon. cf. U.11104, PG 829 lapis seal same subject found at same depth. | |
| 18111B | 32-40-332 | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Carnelian rings: amethyst double conoids, agate date-shaped and flat oval; blue paste date shaped; agate cylindrical; oval domical agate, large shell cylinder with roughly engraved winged gryphon? And minute carnelian balls, also [B] cylinder seal, glazed frit; a scorpion and a winged gryphon. Also fragments of a [C] copper fibula, bow type. |
| 16559A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible. |
| 16559B | 31-43-56 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible. | |
| 16559C | 31-43-57 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible. | |
| 16559D | 31-43-58 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible. | |
| 16559E | 31-43-55 | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 steatite cylinder seals; [E] 1 Shell cylinder seal. Inscriptions illegible. | |
| 16820A | 31-43-31 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 steatite cylinder seals. (A) Illegible, save for first sign. (B) Adad ; (C) Awel-ilim (wrt LU.DINGIR.BA), Son of Ur-Dam-bur(?). | |
| 11600A | 30-12-399B | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Cylinder Seal & Pin. White shell cylinder, geometric pattern. Found with the copper pin plain head. [drawing] | |
| (none) | 30-12-57 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 30-12-58 | (none) | (none) | Unknown | |
| (none) | 30-12-59 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
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