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)
12011B (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seals. (A) Lapis, geometric pattern. (B) White translucent calcite decayed & design gone.
11670 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder. Yellowish shell. Presentation, to goddess in front of whom goose & crescent cf. UM. 11671; Inscription: IGI-AN-DIB-AB IB-DU-LUGAL dumu ZI-KU-LI meaning what? HC 20
10407 (none) 1928,1010.102 (none) Cyliner Seal Lapis lazuli Presentation scene: 3 figures, all standing, and 2 columns of inscription: Bur iluda-gan; mar Ku-ru-ub iluadad
1609 31-16-875 (none) (none) Figurine. Drab clay; modeled. Female(?) figure with cross-belt (or bandoliers) - legs not indicated: head missing.
1780 (none) (none) B15662 Figurine. Red clay. Female, nude with necklace. [drawing 1:1]
1591A 31-16-855 (none) (none) Figurine. Red clay. Moulded. Head and feet broken off. Nude female figure in bold relief.
8424 (none) (none) (none) Flat seal Limestone Grey Rectangular in section Rounded perforated handle on horizontal face. [drawing]
6168 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of baked clay bowl. Light drab. Upper portion only. Incised criss cross markings below rim, made out of wet clay.
17961 32-40-49 (none) (none) Fragment of incense burner. Clay. [drawing 1:1]
17962 (none) 1932,1008.281 (none) Fragment of incense burner. Clay. [drawing 1:1]
17974 (none) 1932,1008.284 (none) Fragment of incense table. Clay. [drawing 1:1]
6161 (none) 1927,0527.62 (none) Fragment of mace head? Drab stone. Decorated by incised band with [image of chevron] shaped marks running from top and bottom, groove running through interior to hold mace. E. [drawing 1:1]
14958 (none) 1930,1213.332 (none) Fragment of zoomorphic clay vase. Light red clay. Only the back preserved, which should be restored as above. [drawing]
1395 (none) 1924,0920.118 (none) Fragment. (probably a vase) Reddish clay. Incised female figure holding up hands, with neck and head of ostrich on right. Rudely drawn.
16741 31-43-313 (none) (none) Frit frog. Coarse workmanship. Type see U.16634.
11906 (none) 1929,1017.47 (none) Frontlet. An ellipse of gold plate engraved with an 8-pointed star of the conventional type: at each end a wire for attachment, one ending in a loop, the other in a wooden button.
1035A (none) (none) B15230 Frs of three model boats. A only Phil.
9024 (none) (none) (none) Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant bull and rampant lion, respectively.
12084B (none) 1929,1017.358 (none) Group (A) Copper pin: elongated thin top. [type] I (B) Cylinder seal: shell. Bird-headed men & animals. [additional drawing, possibly map of excavation areas]
12778B.4 (none) 1928,1010.775 (none) Group of objects: from PG/NW level; found between levels -760 and -800 below the planoconvex brick pavement (A) Clay animal figurine. (B) [.1-.6] Fragment of long clay beads imitating shell. (C) [.1-.9] A number of clay jar-sealing with seal impressions, all of one type, palmette enclosed (imperfect) [reference to drawing]. (see over [Annotated] Legrain 480 (D) An oval clay object. [Annotated] Legrain 481. (see over) [Drawing of impression] (E) Tubular ball (?) bead. (F) Copper needle. (G) [.1-.13] Various examples of pottery. [H] (also animal bones). -- The design on D and C is the same [drawing of design].
12778B.5 (none) 1928,1010.773 (none) Group of objects: from PG/NW level; found between levels -760 and -800 below the planoconvex brick pavement (A) Clay animal figurine. (B) [.1-.6] Fragment of long clay beads imitating shell. (C) [.1-.9] A number of clay jar-sealing with seal impressions, all of one type, palmette enclosed (imperfect) [reference to drawing]. (see over [Annotated] Legrain 480 (D) An oval clay object. [Annotated] Legrain 481. (see over) [Drawing of impression] (E) Tubular ball (?) bead. (F) Copper needle. (G) [.1-.13] Various examples of pottery. [H] (also animal bones). -- The design on D and C is the same [drawing of design].
18256B (none) 1933,1013.11 (none) Group. [A] 1) Large earring (?) of base silver, a ring with 6 pendant grape clusters. [B] 2) Silver finger ring with flat bezel engraved thus [reference to drawing], roughly with figure of a dog. [C] 3) Copper ring with silver oval bezel, the design perished. [D-F] 4) A set of 3 copper rings once set with glass paste (or in two cases stones?)
11452A (none) (none) (none) Group. Consisting of [A] (1) a cylinder seal of red baked clay with white slip: in poor condition but interesting for its fabric. It is attached to part of a copper pin. Inscription EN-dUtu(?); [B] (2) a few beads of lapis and silver, mixed types; [C] (3) a silver hair-ring, 5 spiral coils of thin wire; [D] (4) a copper pin, point missing.
12063B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) 17 large lapis double conoid BEADS (B) Cylinder Seal. Shell. Decayed, 2 registers. Seated deity. Presentation. (C) Copper Pin, tip missing, broken. [Drawing of head]
12068B (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Beads: Large lapis double conoids and a few silver. (B) Cylinder seal, shell, decayed. Rampant animals - crossed. hopeless (C) Silver earring, fragmentary.

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