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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8926 | (none) | (none) | B16888 | Cylinder seal. Lapis Lazuli. 2 registers. Above: 1 seated and 2 standing figures. Below: men [illegible] animals | |
 | 8169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 balls facing each other: between them a mountain wherein trees(?). Behind them in the air an object [drawing: symbols on seal] with a bird on it. Very fine cutting. |
| 8119 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: 2 seated deities in sheep skin skirts facing one another. One arm upraised. A standing figure between facing one of them. Beyond; the gate of a shrine? thus - [drawing]. Below: 3 seated deities wearing sheep skin skirts. 2 behind one another. A third opposite. Between them a palm? rising from a high bowl with a pedestal thus - [drawing]. One deity strikes it with a sword? the other holds a branch with his hand. |
| 8367 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: Above, seated figure with attendant behind, drinking through a tube: then figure making offerings to a seated figure behind where are 2 attendants. Below: gate of shrine, man opening it(?) and man carrying a sheep to it. Then a standing attendant and 2 seated figures facing each other and drinking through tubes. Fine archaic work. |
| 8228 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Gilgamesh between 2 lions and Eabani with a bull. |
| 8345B | (none) | 1928,1009.42 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Hero grasping rampant lion by the tail. In front of the lion an antelope and second hero, a second antelope rampant and a second lion rampant. |
| 8053 | (none) | (none) | B16866 | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers. Above: two seated deities with an attendant between them & facing one of them, two worshippers. Below: a door? a seated deity & 3 worshippers. Very archaic style, figures with birdlike heads. |
| 8981 | (none) | (none) | B16852 | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: below: 1 man, fighting animals. Above, human figure with rampant animals on each side and inscription of NIN-TUR-NIN. | |
| 8339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. decorative design. [drawing] |
| 8410 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. White. Deeply cut - poor condition. Fighting men - fighting bulls. |
| 8342 | (none) | 1928,1009.26 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled grey steatite. Subject: a seated god, with an attendant behind his chair and 3 personages upright in front of him: all wear the horned headdress, so it cannot be the presentation scene. Good, bold work. |
| 8290 | (none) | (none) | B16863 | Cylinder seal. Shell. Pinkish. Slightly blackened by fire. Two registers. Subject indistinct. Above: A spread eagle. Below: A kneeling? man, and a snake? occupying the full length of the seal 2 winged dragons, crossed, and a rampant bull. | |
| 8141 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Partly obliterated. At the base of the seal in high relief a lion, body in profile head and forelegs full face. Winged dragon? gazelle, and hero attacking bull. 2 bearded bulls rampant, crossed, with man's heads. |
| 8388 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell? Burnt and blackened: much defaced. Two registers. In each 3 gazelles: the registers in inverse directions. |
| 8425 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite Black Scene of worship? Primitive in style. Figure with both hands up raised approached by figure carrying an offering? Behind the votary an introducing deity? right arm upraised. |
| 8093 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite, dark fading to yellow. Introduction scene: a seated deity, a minor god, and 2 worshippers. |
| 8991 | (none) | (none) | B16859A | Cylinder seal. Steatite, dark grey mottled. Scene: Gilgamesh, Eabani, lion and bull. | |
| 8416 | (none) | (none) | B16870 | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Green. Small piece missing near one end. Inscribed. Slightly concave. Two rampant lions back to back. Each is attacked by a naked bearded and horned hero. Between the 2 lions tails 3 vertical lines with rounded heads standing above a pair of spread wings? - thus [drawing] | |
| 8094 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Burnt? or decayed. Scene of Gilgamesh with the lion and Eabani with the bull. Very much effaced. |
| 8202 | (none) | 1928,1009.44 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Much decayed and scarcely legible. Scene, Gilgamesh and lion, Eabani and bull. |
| 14226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Theriomachy. Rampant. Decayed. Gazelle & goat(?) |
| 15777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. |
| 16749 | 31-43-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. 2 crescents on poles and an X. Rough work. | |
| 16612 | 31-43-53 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Presentation scene. 3 standing deities. Crescent moon and Palm. | |
| 16709 | 31-43-44 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Nude female standing; god in long skirt, right foot tree and poised on a low stool, raises hand in greeting to a standing warrior who is clad in a short tunic. |
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