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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1518 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus. Fragments of 5 lines from column I of inscription duplicate of U.1111, etc. |
| 1522 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark stone. Half. With trace of an archaic inscription. |
| 1523 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. One side much damaged. Device is in 2 registers. Introduction scene above and crude design of swans below. Inscription: ahat-i-li-lugal-usum-(gal)-la PA. For design and inscription compare U.1268 and U.1267. |
| 1544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing deity (Marduk) and seated deity with altar between and tree at back. |
| 1545 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black stone. With figures faintly distinguishable. |
| 1546 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White stone. Human figure and lion(?) |
| 1560A | (none) | 1924,0920.243 | (none) | [A-B] Two fragments of large baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus: containing parts of column I & II of the inscription on cylinder K.1688 in the British Museum. These fragments possibly belong to that cylinder. |
| 1560B | (none) | 1924,0920.244 | (none) | [A-B] Two fragments of large baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus: containing parts of column I & II of the inscription on cylinder K.1688 in the British Museum. These fragments possibly belong to that cylinder. |
| 1628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed with scene of presentation to goddess. |
| 1635 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus. Duplicate of U.1111, etc., containing last 12 lines of column I. |
| 1636 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. With roughly engraved device of introduction ceremony, and inscription of 2 lines. Ur-dub: dumu Ur-d.Kal |
| 1646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Clay, with device of eagle, lance, etc. |
| 1647 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Blue stone. Irregularly cylindrical, with no trace of device. |
| 1648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Clay. Presentation to deity, broken. |
| 1659 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Light red stone. A four-winged deity fighting a winged antelope: crescent above. Cutting and style appear Kassite. |
| 1707 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Stone. Half broken away. With erect animal and human figure. |
| 1708 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment, shell. With traces of design. |
| 1712 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from middle of a small baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus, containing parts of both columns duplicate of U.1111, etc. |
| 1720 | (none) | 1924,0920.57 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black stone. Unfinished and broken; with single figure of erect lion. Found with figurine U.1712. |
| 2502 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Glass paste. Bluish white. Broken. Fragments missing. Two lines nearly illegible: ( )-bi-a; ( ) -il. Figures worn, indistinct. Neo-Babylon - Persian Period. |
| 2503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing] |
| 2504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment. Brown limestone. Fragment. One worshipper - one standing figure - of a god: Between them the crescent [shown in drawing] on a short support. About BC 2300 |
| 2505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing] |
| 2529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Soapstone. Slightly concave. Recut. Rough inscription added. [inscription represented here] Perhaps, sal-me zu: thy salme. A special class of votary. The scene represents an introduction to a seated goddess. About 2400 BC. Inscription more recent. [drawing] |
| 2600 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. Black stone-basalt? Two worshippers on either side of a deity. Weapon of Nergal in the field. About BC 2000. [drawing] |
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