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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18180 | 32-40-328 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Two ostriches (?). |
| 17763 | 32-40-329 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Obscured; 2 lines of inscription. Adoring figure of goddess separated by star on staff. |
| 17726 | 32-40-330 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. 2 men fighting a lion. |
| 18179 | 32-40-331 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Glazed frit, glaze perished. Kid and palm tree. |
| 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. |
| 17850 | 32-40-333, 32-40-333 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder (seal?) unpierced. White limestone with 4 columns of inscription. Two names. NU-UR-KU-BI son of DUG-GA-AN-SA and E-MU-MA-NI-DA son of NU-UR-KU-BI. HC 1931 / 1 |
| 17872 | 32-40-334 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Diorite. Damaged, and part of the surface gone. Design worked entirely with the drill: a standing figure with arms raised and two seated figures, and an object which may be a libation vase. |
| (none) | 32-40-335 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-336 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-337 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-338 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-339 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-340 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-341 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 32-40-342 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 18171 | 32-40-343 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Clay, baked, convex sides. Tree, ladder and rosettes. Very lightly scratched design. |
| (none) | 32-40-344 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 18218 | 33-35-171 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Carnelian. Broken and incomplete. [drawing] Conventional design. |
| 18248 | 33-35-172 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition. |
| 18258 | 33-35-173 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. Seated goddess, with 2 standing figures and 2 lizards. Poor condition. |
| 18276 | 33-35-174 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment of greenish grey steatite. Only 2 columns of inscription left; no figures. |
| 18343 | 33-35-175 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Coarse work, much damaged, and apparently unfinished. Men fighting animals. |
| 18365 | 33-35-176 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 3 standing figures. |
| 18450 | 33-35-177 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey stone. Introduction scene with 1 seated and 2 standing figures and 2 columns of inscription: the figures much erased. |
| 18457 | 33-35-178 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Milky crystal. Geometrical (?) designs in 2 registers. |
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