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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9310 | (none) | (none) | B17009 | Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba | |
 | 10011 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Only the remains of it, completely decayed It hung on the silver belt with the gold dagger and whetstone |
| 9620 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Poor condition With copper caps: these are stuck into the seal with bitumen. Pig sticking scene: 3 heroes: 2 of them fighting a boar? The boar is obliterated. |
| 9503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Somewhat decayed 2 very large scorpions with a star between them a standing human figure, and an upright pole with a star on top |
| 9290 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work |
| 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 |
| 8575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313) |
| 9674 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very much decayed 2 heroes fighting a lion and a bull: an inscription, much effaced. |
| 9675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very much worn by use Presentation scene; 3 standing and 1 seated figure |
| 9528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal White shell Very poor and almost wholly effaced: worship of a god, between 2 emblems(?) |
| 8513 | (none) | (none) | B16869 | Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription] | |
| 9526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White steatite A man fighting 3 beasts, and a tree. |
| 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] |
| 8389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals. |
| 8085 | (none) | 1928,1009.18 | (none) | Cylinder seal of yellowish white quartzite. Two registers: Above, a door(?), then a seated deity & a worshipper, then a worshipper pouring a libation into a tall vase with fronds rising from it, set in front of a seated deity. Below, 2 rams, one on each side of a tree, then a worshipper before a seated deity, then a man catching a rampant antelope. Very archaic style. |
| 7990 | (none) | (none) | B16789 | Cylinder seal of grey mottled stone -- ? fossilised coral. Much worn: subject: crossed goats and 3 persons pouring libations. | |
| 8845 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Subject obliterated pending treatment. |
| 8999 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene, seated god and two standing figures. Inscription of KU-RU-UG SHAMASH, a merchant. |
| 8917 | (none) | (none) | B16867 | Cylinder seal. Green Stone Above, string pattern [drawing] Below, 2 seated and 2 standing gods | |
| 6983 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. 4 standing figures. Attributes: crescent moons. About BC 2000. B. |
| 8965 | (none) | 1928,1009.41 | (none) | Cylinder seal. lapis Very small, 2 seated and 2 standing figures. |
| 8916 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis Lazuli Scene: Gilgamesh and bull, Eabani and lion. |
| 8169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 balls facing each other: between them a mountain wherein trees(?). Behind them in the air an object [drawing: symbols on seal] with a bird on it. Very fine cutting. |