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)
486 (none) (none) (none) Chalcedony seal [drawing]
487 (none) (none) B15256 Chalcedony seal. Same shape as U.486. Subject [referencing drawin] [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]
493 (none) (none) (none) Lapis lazuli seal, pointed topped, like U 486. Subject, a fish. [drawing]
495 (none) (none) (none) Scarab. White steatite. Inscr. [drawing]
496 (none) (none) B15255 Scarab. Green glaze. Inscr. [drawing]
497 (none) (none) B15250 Scaraboid. White steatite. inscr. [drawing]
498 (none) (none) B15257 Carnelian head of Puzu. Looking very sick.
499 (none) (none) B16199 Carnelian seal-stone, shaped as U.486. Subject, couchant sphinx. Strung up on U.500 E [drawing]
518 (none) (none) B15184 Terracotta relief - Complete: greenish pottery. 2 male fig. advancing front. Each has tall feather(?) head-dress, long hair curled over ears, Semitic nose, long beard arranged in 3 rows of short curls and +long straight hair to a point: the right arm by the side, l. across body with in hand the litnus: drapery to knees, crossing legs diagonally. Behind, two legs to make the relief stand upright.
611 (none) (none) B15198 Clay figurine of a bear. Forepart only. Reddish clay with creamy drab surface. [drawing]
613 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Drab clay, wheelmade, with four wheelmade lines incised around the shoulder. [crossed out] Type XII [inserted] wrong.
646 (none) (none) B14996 Terracotta figurine. moulded. fr. of. Complete from waist upwards, female figure, nude, hands clasped below breasts. 2 broad necklaces, hair waved heavily over ears but above covered with linen(?) headdress forming broad band over brow and bow-like loops behind. unusually fine +detailed work.
662 (none) (none) B15389 Pot of green ware, complete. On body, mark incised [reference drawing] after baking. [below] Photo. 77.Type LXX = [crossed out] new P. 137. P.91a. [drawing]
842 (none) (none) B15197 Clay vase of drab clay. In form of a grotesque pig with lifted snout. New Babylonian period.
978 (none) (none) B15187 Terracotta relief. Broken. Upper part of figure of Astarti? Holding a goose or swan. The background bears a crescent moon and stars.
1013 (none) (none) B15188 Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded. Replica (from same mould) as U.1012, but broken off a little bit below the waist.
1014 (none) (none) B15189 Terracotta relief. Moulded. Seated female figure. Very elaborate headdress. Grotesque features, flounced skirt: hands on breasts: in field, crescent (above head) and dotted circles. Much damaged by salt flaking. Red clay.
1016 (none) (none) B14993 Terracotta figure. Snowman technique. Whitish clay. Male figure with whiskers and beard (applique) and heavy bonnet, wearing chiton and mantle. Crude work: broken above knees. Whitish clay.
1019 (none) (none) B15193 Terracotta relief. Moulded. A grotesque male mask, hollow behind, with holes through eyes and at edge for suspension. Very bad condition, Reddish clay, once covered with white slip.
1024 (none) (none) B15194 Terracotta figure. Fr. of. Moulded, and finished by hand. Head and shoulders of a duck. Reddish clay.
1035A (none) (none) B15230 Frs of three model boats. A only Phil.
1042 (none) (none) B14998 Terracotta figurine. fr. of. in light drab clay. Part (Head and shoulders and feet gone) of the usual nude female type with beaded triangle.

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