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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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] |
| 2649 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Fragment. Soapstone. Scene: Two standing worshippers with one hand up. Behind them in the field the emblem of Nergal: a weapon formed of two curved blades on either side of central club - lion's heads at the end of each blade. [drawing] |
| 2661 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey limestone. Rampant lion attacked by two figures of Gilgamesh. About BC 2600-2300. [drawing] |
| 2684 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Weather worn. Soapstone. [drawing] |
| 2727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Broken. Weather worn. Volcanic ashes. Basalt? [drawing] |
| 2766 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Diorite. Weathered. Lugal--/son of?/shephard. [drawing] |
| 2796 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Martu period. About BC 2100. [drawing] |
| 2809 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Red marble. About 2700 BC [drawing] |
| 2813 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal Cylinder. Broken. Diorite. III Ur Dynasty. 2 lines of inscription defaced. Goddess seated on a bird. [drawing] dNannar ( )mu? Servant of Nannar. |
| 2814 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Broken Cylinder Seal. Carnelian. Assyrian influence about BC 700. Tree of life and genius. [drawing] |
| 2857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. About BC 2400 [drawing] |
| 2858 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black limestone. About BC 2100. [drawing] |
| 2892 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2800 [drawing] |
| 2893 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Greyish limestone. About BC 2400. [drawing] |
| 2915 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Paste - About BC 700 [drawing] |
| 2971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery cylinder. Buffware, irregularly pierced. Type CLXXXVI =RC.248 |
| 2982 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery cylinder. Buff ware irregularly pierced. Type CLXXXVI =RC.248 (not p) |
| 2993 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Soapstone III Ur Dynasty. Weather worn. [drawing] |
| 2994 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. III Ur Dynasty. [drawing] |
| 3082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. 1st Babylonian Dynasty. Two such worshipping figures on either side of the inscription. A-bi i-li-su son of Su-u-ma a-bu-um servant of dNin-sah. [drawing] |
| 3085 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Fragment. About BC 2600. Diorite. [drawing] |
| 3234 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Pottery. Broken - Neo-Babylonian. |
| 3236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Soapstone. IIIrd Ur Dynasty. [drawing] |
| 3237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Diorite. IIIrd Ur Dynasty. [drawing] |
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