A technique of decoration where figures, motifs, or designs are cut into an object.  

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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)
25 (none) 1923,1110.95 (none) Clay model bed. Greenish clay and mattress pattern in relief. [drawing] [Annotated] Photo 38
54 (none) 1923,1110.190 (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Engraved with scene of worshipper being introduced to a god standing in front of a gate.
55 (none) 1923,1110.191 (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Broken in half and chipped down one side. Scene: 3 figures in a row advancing l[eft]. Found with beads round neck of body in larnax burial.
81 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Paste. Poor condition. Simple criss-cross design. [drawing 1:1]
125 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1]
126 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Coarse white marble (?) With black veins, chipped. Two birds: very rough work: late. [drawing 1:1]
130 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell core. One side badly chipped. Subject: 2 figs approaching a seated god: 2 columns of inscription.
141 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Gilgamesh (?) and lion, sacred tree and another human figure. Poor work and much worn.
142 (none) (none) (none) White shell cylinder seal. 2 animals? Very poor and worn specimen.
167 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White Steatite [crossed out] crystalline marble, burnt: poor condition. Subject: seated god rt; before him an altar, then 2 standing figs l. and remains of column of inscription.
174 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very poorly engraved. [drawing]
230 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Upper part of = White marble (?) burnt to the consistency of French chalk. Remains of rather fine engraving of 3rd Dynasty style.
314 (none) (none) (none) Ivory comb. Frs of : the top decorated with str lines and zigzags.
403 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta bed. Moulded: fragment. of 2 legs and half of bed left. Mattress represented by curved and zigzag lines in low relief.
406 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase-lid. Fr of. The top surface cloisonne for inlay with central rosette and liver pattern round edge. [drawing 1:1]
411 (none) (none) (none) Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1]
412 (none) (none) (none) Shell amulet. Human face, full front: rough cut. [drawing 1:1]
415 (none) (none) (none) Rock crystal cylinder seal. Fragment of. Subject: Gilgamesh and the lions: 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy work.
447 (none) (none) (none) Pyramidal seal. Black steatite. one half of Subject: a standing god rt; before him a standing worshipper l: between them a sacred column (?) and a scorpion.
448 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: a god standing and two worshippers one on each side of him. Very poor, scratchy work.
450 (none) 1923,1110.146 (none) Ivory comb. Found in fragments and fitted together. Teeth broken away. On the solid part a simple decoration of lines and cross-hatching. [drawing 1:1]
486 (none) (none) (none) Chalcedony seal [drawing]
488 (none) (none) (none) Agate seal. Same shape as U.486. subject [drawing]
489 (none) (none) (none) Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [drawing]
490 (none) (none) (none) Agate seal. Oblong, oval, topped. Subject [drawing]

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