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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. decorative design. [drawing] |
| 8359A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder seal of lapis lazuli on a [B] silver bangle. The bangle is of flattened silver wire now distorted and broken: the wire passes through the cylinder. Cylinder, 2 registers: above; inscription. 1 human figure, and rampant animals. below; 1 human figure and rampant animals. |
| 8367 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: Above, seated figure with attendant behind, drinking through a tube: then figure making offerings to a seated figure behind where are 2 attendants. Below: gate of shrine, man opening it(?) and man carrying a sheep to it. Then a standing attendant and 2 seated figures facing each other and drinking through tubes. Fine archaic work. |
| 8385 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Subject: in front of a palisade a standing figure, then a seated figure facing him, between them a jar: a second palisade: three goats: in the field above various emblems (gaming board(?) Ziggurat(?) ear of corn, vases). Curious archaic piece. |
| 8388 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell? Burnt and blackened: much defaced. Two registers. In each 3 gazelles: the registers in inverse directions. |
| 8389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of translucent green calcite(?) Much discolored. Rampant animals. |
| 8420 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Geometric decoration [drawing] |
| 8424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal Limestone Grey Rectangular in section Rounded perforated handle on horizontal face. [drawing] |
| 8425 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite Black Scene of worship? Primitive in style. Figure with both hands up raised approached by figure carrying an offering? Behind the votary an introducing deity? right arm upraised. |
| 8464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Hero and on either side, facing him an antelope and a lion rampant Attributes: 2 stars. |
| 8476 | (none) | (none) | B16887 | Cylinder seal Steatite Black Inscribed but illegible. Two heroes attacking a rampant lion. One grasps him by the tail, the other attacks from the front. | |
| 8494 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Shell Blackened by fire Two rampant lions crossed on either side 2 rampant antelopes? and between them a naked hero |
| 8513 | (none) | (none) | B16869 | Cylinder seal White shell, much decayed, but preserving an inscription in the upper register [drawing of inscription] | |
| 8529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis Anciently broken in half and the end ground down smooth. Scene: the lower parts only of 3 seated figures. |
| 8575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal White shell Very archaic design One human figure and 3 large pots? (see PG 313) |
| 8643 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers: above, banquet scene with 2 seated figures, 1 attendant, and shrine door. Below, one human figure and fighting animals. |
| 8646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Very much worn: scene of fighting animals. |
| 8666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli: with gold caps. Subject: Gilgamesh and lion, hero and antelope. |
| 8668 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. In poor condition. |
| 8673 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Dark steatite Two registers: above, swans Below, fish?? Poor rough work, approaching to the period of the IIIrd Dynasty |
| 8681 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis 2 registers, above [reference to drawing] Below, [reference to drawing] One end chipped. |
| 8685 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular, button type. Design: below, a bull. Above. | |
| 8701 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell? Surface powdered through fire. 2 registers: Geometric designs consisting of circles and lines well spread apart radiating from them. [drawing] Design mostly obliterated. Broken in 2 halves. |
| 8713 | (none) | (none) | B16862 | Cylinder seal Shell, highly polished Geometric design. Triangles, short straight lines running parallel to one another and designs resembling a coiling serpent [drawing of serpent shape] | |
| 8714 | (none) | (none) | B17033 | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Two registers. Above: Male figure approaching from behind a lion? in front of the lion a fallen gazelle and in front of the gazelle a winged dragon. Below: A winged dragon, and second similar? and a rampant gazelle? |