Geometric Decoration

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
(none)	30-12-42	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1935,0113.284	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1923,1110.110	(none)	(none)
(none)	31-16-639	(none)	(none)	(none)
1044	(none)	(none)	B15271	Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing]
1430	(none)	1924,0920.116	(none)	Chair or bedstead. Fragment. Drab clay. Moulded decoration, on upright, of 2 crescents on poles with tree (?) between.
487	(none)	(none)	B15256	Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [referencing drawin] [drawing]
18405	33-35-344	(none)	(none)	Clay jar sealing, fragment of. With elaborate design including human figures.
1287	(none)	(none)	B15718	Clay Rosette. Fragment of light clay. Like U.1286, but larger. P.
11680	31-16-630	(none)	(none)	Clay Seal Impressions on lamp or tablet. with geometrical design spread eagle, star, sun? (like sign UD) angular man(?) carrying pot, and other things.
8804	(none)	(none)	B17217	Clay sealing?? Large clay fragment with elaborate design of spirals etc.
10364	(none)	(none)	B16872	Cylinder Seal Greenish grey marble Hero: on either side a rampant bull and a rampant lion. Attributes: Crescent Moon, and star on two legged pole.
9721	(none)	(none)	B17024	Cylinder seal Haematite Black Copper caps. This seal adhered to copper pin U.9720 Two seated deities, facing on another, from the first a stream of water trickles from the out-stretched left hand; above, crescent moon; second deity holds a cup? in right hand; above him the sun; and third standing deity? faces him. Behind the first deity a standing attendant.
9586	(none)	(none)	B16947	Cylinder Seal Haematite Black Seated god greeting 2 other divinities who approach bearing offerings? All wearing the horned headdress. Behind throne a palm tree? Attribute: Cresent moon.
8713	(none)	(none)	B16862	Cylinder seal Shell, highly polished Geometric design. Triangles, short straight lines running parallel to one another and designs resembling a coiling serpent [drawing of serpent shape]
9263	(none)	(none)	B16855	Cylinder seal Steatite Black Geometric decoration
9262	(none)	(none)	B16860	Cylinder seal Steatite Green. Slightly concave. A god standing between two portals, the left foot raised and resting upon the mountain top, the right foot rigid- as if in the attitude of ascending? His left hand is upraised and in it he holds a feather whisk?? His head is turned backward in contemplation of a minute human figure crouching in the attitude of subjection. The god's right hand is extended immediately above the head of the victim that he has crushed. Oblique to the go are three concentric wavy lines above the right shoulder - possibly representing lightening? The god wears a horned headdress. A second god also wearing a horned headdress, long hair falling below the shoulders and ending in a knot? and a skirt descending to the feet, approaches one of the portals and touches it with hands as if about to open it.
9310	(none)	(none)	B17009	Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba
8513	(none)	(none)	B16869	Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription]
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]
17251	31-43-43	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
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)
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.
16656	31-43-62	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, carnelian. 2 bird-like beasts and star.