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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11895 | 30-12-15 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 ibex walking. | |
| 11828 | 30-12-5 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above, banquet; below, 2 gazelles. (rough & early work). | |
| 8615 | (none) | (none) | B16828 | Cylinder seal. Lapis. 2 registers: above: three seated deities(?) with a worshipper in front of each. Below: door: 3 seated and 3 standing figures. Archaic style. | |
| 11899 | 30-12-21 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Geometrical design. | |
| 11590 | 30-12-34 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Inscription: Lugal-sa(g)-su(d) dumu Ka-ma. | |
| 11757 | 30-12-13 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Sides slightly convex. 2 registers: gazelles rough linear drawing. | |
| 1706 | (none) | (none) | B15594 | Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes. | |
| 7615 | (none) | (none) | B16894 | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Figures faint. Scene of worship. Minor deity leads worshipper by the hand towards seated Nannar. Attributes: crescent moon and palm. | |
 | 17318 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Grey. Tree and criss cross decoration. |
| 17321 | 31-43-61 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Marble (?). Brown. Sides convex. God standing behind a crescent on a pole and a second deity introducing the votary advances toward the pole. Dwarf like figure. Animal. | |
| 7656 | (none) | (none) | B16865 | Cylinder seal. Marble. Mottled grey and black. Slightly concave. Gilgamesh fighting rampant lion; Enkidu fighting rampant bull; lion and bull back to back. c. 2800BC. | |
| 7617 | (none) | (none) | B16877 | Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC | |
| 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. | |
| 7658 | (none) | (none) | B16890 | Cylinder seal. Marble? White. Hero between two rampant bulls? On either side of bulls a rampant lion. Between the lions a post surmounted by a star. | |
| 18457 | 33-35-178 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Milky crystal. Geometrical (?) designs in 2 registers. |
| 11507 | 30-12-30 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Of green marble (?) Unfinished. The hole is only partly bored. One standing figure has been sketched but not finished, of a second only the trunk is suggested. | |
| 18155 | 32-40-327 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pale amethyst. Warrior in chariot shooting with bow and arrow: a fallen enemy beneath the horse's hooves. Poor cutting. |
| 11896 | 30-12-31 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Pale green calcite. (1 side decayed) human-headed bulls & heroes fighting. | |
| 17726 | 32-40-330 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. 2 men fighting a lion. |
| 18248 | 33-35-172 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition. |
| 16180 | 31-43-3 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Two rows of deeply incised circles. | |
| 16146 | 31-43-29 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Presentation scene: seated figure and two standing; emblem: pole with a forked top. | |
| 6630 | (none) | (none) | B16293 | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Shamash rising from between two mountains, right hand on one mountain, top left hand supporting notched weapon. Two porters each opening gate, betweeen them high pedestal. 2500 BC? E. | |
| 11401 | 30-12-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles. | |
| 16107 | 31-43-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Reddish stone. Linear design. Archaic. |
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