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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9620 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Poor condition With copper caps: these are stuck into the seal with bitumen. Pig sticking scene: 3 heroes: 2 of them fighting a boar? The boar is obliterated. |
| 9503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Somewhat decayed 2 very large scorpions with a star between them a standing human figure, and an upright pole with a star on top |
| 9290 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work |
| 9117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Subject: 2 figures seated and drinking through straws, one figure standing at their backs. |
| 9120 | (none) | 1928,1009.22 | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell The surface damaged Gilgamesh and Eabani |
| 8575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313) |
| 9674 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very much decayed 2 heroes fighting a lion and a bull: an inscription, much effaced. |
| 9675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very much worn by use Presentation scene; 3 standing and 1 seated figure |
| 9528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Very poor and almost wholly effaced: worship of a god, between 2 emblems(?) |
| 8513 | (none) | (none) | B16869 | Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription] | |
| 9526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White steatite A man fighting 3 beasts, and a tree. |
| 8993 | (none) | (none) | B16875 | Cylinder seal Dark greenish steatite. Very large with fine engraved scene: 3 human figures and 2 man-headed bulls crossed. | |
| 8420 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Geometric decoration [drawing] |
| 8389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals. |
| 8085 | (none) | 1928,1009.18 | (none) | Cylinder seal of yellowish white quartzite. Two registers: Above, a door(?), then a seated deity & a worshipper, then a worshipper pouring a libation into a tall vase with fronds rising from it, set in front of a seated deity. Below, 2 rams, one on each side of a tree, then a worshipper before a seated deity, then a man catching a rampant antelope. Very archaic style. |
| 17251 | 31-43-43 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 12350A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal & Copper Pin. (A) Cylinder seal. Spread eagle. (B) Copper Pin. Circular in section. |
| 11439B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal & pin. [A] Copper pin with plain tang head stem thickened & pierced near top. [B] To this was attached a cylinder seal of brown clay with a scene of 2 men fighting animals, roughly engraved. |
| 1268 | (none) | (none) | B15593, B15593 | Cylinder seal in 2 registers: above, scene of "introduction" to a goddess. A woman is led forward by a female protecting deity. In lower register, 3 swans. Inscription: Ahat-ilti. Assat Lugal-usum-gal. (cf.U1267) | |
| 1225 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal in black stone. Device appears in 2 registers, but so weathered as to be indistinguishable. |
| 18452 | 33-35-179 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of black steatite. Design: running gazelles, zigzags and frogs. |
| 18346 | (none) | 1933,1013.78 | (none) | Cylinder seal of dark purple glazed glazed frit. Two trees (?) and pomegranates (?) |
| 7990 | (none) | (none) | B16789 | Cylinder seal of grey mottled stone -- ? fossilised coral. Much worn: subject: crossed goats and 3 persons pouring libations. | |
| 12765 | (none) | 1929,1017.352 | (none) | Cylinder seal of grey-brown steatite (?). Geometric design. |
| 14495 | 31-17-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface. |
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