Impressed
Technique of decorating a surface by pushing another object into the surface.
A process of decorating a surface by pushing another object into the surface, like a stamp or seal.
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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) |
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![]() | 6105 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Minor god introducing votary carrying gazelle as gift to major god who holds a wand in his left hand. Inscription: dNin-suh sukkal-zid-anna gispa-azag su-du. To Nin-Suh. the pure messenger of heaven carrying the bright scepter. B |
6106 | (none) | (none) | B16296, B16296 | Cylinder seal. White frit. Unpierced. Inscribed: Lugal-nu-zu aon of E-te-nin-ka ilSin. E. | |
6122 | (none) | (none) | B16282 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at one end, subject mostly obliterated. | |
![]() | 6130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Incompletely pierced. Spread eagle siezing two lions. B. |
![]() | 6131 | (none) | 1927,0527.188 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Weatherworn. |
![]() | 6132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipping tree of life? B. |
6133 | (none) | (none) | B16294 | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Upper and lower band showing gazelles passing sacred tree. About 3000 BC. E. | |
![]() | 6134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Upper band, nine men, below animals and sacred tree. Bulls. Lion. Eagle. About BC 3000, B |
![]() | 6136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, minor god, grotesque figure and votary and Nergal weapon. B. |
6160 | (none) | (none) | B16286, B16286 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Not fully paved. Lion attacked by two men 2 lines of defaced inscription. About BC 2100. Required for Vol. VII written. | |
![]() | 6165 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Broken at bottom. Minor god, votary and inscription. Worshipper led by hand unto a standing armed (?) god- crescent. Du-( ) son of Sag-da( ). About BC 2300. B. |
![]() | 6189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Bel-Marduk holding two rampant bulls - crescent and star. Time of Assyrian influence about BC 800. B. |
![]() | 6200 | (none) | 1927,0527.197 | (none) | Broken cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Scene of worshipping. To dNin-shubur, the messenger of heaven About BC 2100. |
![]() | 6232 | (none) | 1927,0527.179 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Kneeling man between two rampant lions. A standing hero seizes one lion by the tail. About BC 2200. |
6253 | (none) | (none) | B16290 | Cylinder seal. Grey limestone? Unpierced. Gilgamesh fighting with the bull. About BC 2500. | |
6255 | (none) | (none) | B16306 | Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Shamash with horned mitre and notched sword in hand steps on a crouching bull a worshipper brings a kid as an offering. The god Martu with a short club in hand, short garment and a round woolen turban is followed by a worshipper with clasped hands, and a servant. Two small figures - a bifrons with clasped hands and a nude servant with libation cone in hand. About BC 1900. E. | |
6261 | (none) | (none) | B16314 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Nannar, Minor god and votary. Inscription doubtful. About BC 2200. [drawing] | |
![]() | 6267 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta fragment. Nude female carrying a vase in what is probably a wicker basket? [drawing 1:1] |
![]() | 6268 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragmentary. Worshipper introduced by an assistant goddess to a god like Shamash stepping forward and armed with a sword and scimitar. Ma-au-sum son of Ludingi-ra? About BC 2100. B. |
![]() | 6271 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscription, winged dragon and winged dragon attacked by Enkidu and Gilgamesh. :u-ab-ba (?) spm pf : dpu-sag. About 2400 BC. E. |
![]() | 6276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pedestal of status. Black diorite. Fragmentary. Partially originally the base of the black diorite statue of King Dungi found nearby. Text: Dim-tab-ba temple(3) |
![]() | 6288 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Fragmentary. Swans and inscription. Lal-e pa son of Ur dGish. B. |
6296 | (none) | (none) | B16291 | Cylinder seal. Brown marble? Inscribed. Pierced. 3 crouching antelopes (one reversed). Before BC 3000. E. | |
![]() | 6299 | (none) | 1927,0527.206 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Flat on one side hemispherical on the other glazed pottery scarab on the flat a crouching dragon (?) Egypt in influence. About BC 500. |
![]() | 6342 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay sealing with seal impression. Royal seal. [First column of text on card] dIbi ilSin God of his land mighty king of Ur King of the 4 regions of the world. [Second column of text on card] To Ur-nigin-gar the archivist (ga-dub-ba) son of Ar-shi-ih his servant it (the seal) has been presented. [the following is below both columns on the card] Presentation to seated Sin. H.C. |