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)
9069 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Shell Subject indistinct Rampant lion and rampant gazelle.
9082 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli 2 registers Above: male figure attacking rampant gazelle - behind the gazelle a rampant lion, also, figure behind the man. Beyond them a second male figure wearing a pigtail? Similarly engaged. Below: male figure holding rampant lion by the tail - a gazelle - 2 rampant lions crossed - a gazelle, all rampant. Also, a crescent moon - above a post?
9083 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Steatite Black A hero fighting - between two rampant antelopes, and 2 rampant lions. Attributes: star on a post? [drawing of star on post]
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
9145 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Green stone Gilgamesh and Eabani.
9149 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Silver (?) Apparently a presentation scene, but too corroded to be clear
9150 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis Men fighting beasts.
9158 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Black steatite Presentation scene, seated & 3 standing figures.
9165B (none) (none) (none) [Unknown]
9178 (none) (none) (none) [CARD MISSING] Cylinder seal. Black and white granite. With copper caps. Large and fine, with inscription of the steward (?) of Sargon's daughter.
9186 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Dark steatite Introduction scene with 1 seated and 3 standing figures and a tree. Poor work.
9242 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Hero wearing a tiara, and a second bearded hero standing between a bearded bull and a lion on the one side and a gazelle and a lion on the other
9264 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Steatite Black A pair of spread wings and feathered decoration running round the seal forming 2 hyperboles the one above the other, below the central horizontal axis of the seal.
9265 (none) 1928,1009.59 (none) Button seal Black shale? One side flat, the other convex On the convex side 4 sets of concentric rings Pl. 62 vol. IV L.BM. 120576
9266 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Limestone White Subject not clear. A seated god, a squatting lion, vertical posts, a god behind the bards of a gate? And a second standing god.
9268 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Frit Subject indistinct: A crescent moon and standing warriors
9282 (none) 1928,1009.27 (none) Cylinder seal Dark mottled steatite with copper caps. Introduction scene: seated god and 3 figures approaching him and carrying respectively a tall vase, a cup and box and a gazelle [three lines of undecipherable text erased]
9283 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Black steatite Men fighting bull & lion an inscription has been intentionally erased
9290 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work
9291 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Haematite Gilgamesh & Eabani, & tree
9292 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Black haematite Introduction scene with 1 - seated and 3 - standing figures. A column of inscription has been intentionally effaced
9315 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis 2 registers: Above, 2 seated and 3 standing figures, and inscription. Below, a table of offerings and 6 people bringing offerings. Very archaic style.
9321 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis Mottled blue and white Heroes and human-headed bulls
9326 (none) 1928,1009.38 (none) Cylinder seal Lapis Standing god and 3 worshippers

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