Incised
Technique of decoration where designs are cut into an object.
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) |
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![]() | 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 |