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)
9542 (none) 1928,1010.246 (none) Cylinder seal Fragment Upper half missing Mottled marble Inscribed Presentation scene before seated god. Flounced kaukanes skirts.
9529 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis Presentation scene with inscription much defaced. Figures finely engraved- seated goddess, worshipper and minor god.
9528 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal White shell Very poor and almost wholly effaced: worship of a god, between 2 emblems(?)
9527 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Dark steatite 2 heroes fighting beasts Poor scratchy style
9526 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal White steatite A man fighting 3 beasts, and a tree.
9513 (none) (none) B16941 Cylinder seal Dark green steatite The eagle grasping 2 stags
9504 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Dark steatite Broken Presentation scene: seated Nannar with crescent, minor god and worshipper
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
9502 (none) (none) B16873, B16873 Cylinder seal Green ston A hero fighting a lion and a second fighting a long-horned bull (?): between the animals a star and crescent, between the men a single column of inscription. A-ki-ru-um. (HC.202)
9501 (none) 1928,1010.247 (none) Cylinder seal Black steatite 2 heroes fighting a lion. Between the two human figures an inscription in 2 columns. Dugal-dug-ga dumu U-da Lugaldugga son of Uda HC.201
9341 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal White shell Almost all the surface gone, but one small part left showing a lion, a stag and a spotted leopard. Found attached by a silver band to the belt.
9330 (none) 1928,1009.25 (none) Cylinder seal Hematite Scene: 2 men, 2 bulls, 1 lion fighting.
9326 (none) 1928,1009.38 (none) Cylinder seal Lapis Standing god and 3 worshippers
9321 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Lapis Mottled blue and white Heroes and human-headed bulls
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.
9310 (none) (none) B17009 Cylinder seal White shell Nude reclining figure, one figure standing facing, and 2 men fighting (?) Short inscription: urd nisaba
9298 (none) (none) B17012 Cylinder seal Green stone Gilgamesh and Eabani
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
9291 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Haematite Gilgamesh & Eabani, & tree
9290 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal White shell Standing god in shrine and one other standing figure. Poor condition and originally poor scratchy work
9283 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Black steatite Men fighting bull & lion an inscription has been intentionally erased
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]
9268 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal Frit Subject indistinct: A crescent moon and standing warriors
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.
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

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