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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11159 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Shell. Much decayed. Visible only remains of a scene of rampant animals. |
| 11175B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seals. Shell. [A} A good deal decayed: design of fighting animals. At one end the hole is of normal size: at the other end it is much enlarged and into it is fitted [B] a second cylinder, engraved with rope-net pattern and a bull. |
| 11176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Very badly decayed. |
| 11178 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Completely decayed, but apparently with large rampant animals and an inscription of which only one sign is legible. [drawing] |
| 11181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Handle type, rectangular. Scorpion. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11182 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Birds and animals very roughly done. |
| 11402 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Subject: A god wearing long dress with transverse folds, standing left holding a club (?) with water falling from his shoulders: on either side of him a group of 2 standing naked figures with horned crowns; each pair has 2 arms raised & crossing. 2 holding between them a staff? Poor thin cutting. |
| 11403 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene: goddess seated rt. with crescent moon above: a god introduces a worshipper. Behind, a column of inscription erased. Commonplace work of IIIrd. Dynasty type. |
| 11404 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. White shell. Subject: 2 groups each composed of a man fighting a lion and a gazelle (?) respectively: the latter scene decayed. Carinated type. |
| 11410 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: 2 men fighting a lion. |
| 11416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone? Very poor work. [drawing] |
| 11420 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled and veined steatite. Subject: presentation scene- a god seated rt. and four standing figures. |
| 11426 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene, 1 seated and 2 standing figures. |
| 11438 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation: a seated goddess, one attendant behind, and one worshipper standing in front of her. |
| 11439A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal & pin. [A] Copper pin with plain tang head stem thickened & pierced near top. [B] To this was attached a cylinder seal of brown clay with a scene of 2 men fighting animals, roughly engraved. |
| 11440A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Cylinder seal & [B] pin. Copper pin, slender: To which was attached (by a string) a cylinder seal of white shell, with scene of fighting animals; hopelessly decayed on one side. |
| 11442 | (none) | 1929,1017.387 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Presentation scene: seated goddess and two worshippers; also 2 columns of inscription. With this was a copper pin too decayed to keep: the seal was clearly fastened to the pin by a thread. Inscript: ZI-TAG, KA-SU-DU, =ZI-TAG, Libationer. HC.4. |
| 11447 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Slatey grey stone. Presentation scene: seated Nannar & 2 worshippers. |
| 11449 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Square with tubular handle, one corner anciently broken. Scene: a worshipper before Ningal. |
| 11456 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black and white breccia. Subject: animals and men fighting. Inscription GUR-na. [drawing] HC..6. |
| 11457 | (none) | 1929,1017.357 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Green stone. Scene: 2 men & 2 animals fighting. Inscription with lion below. Inscription: Ad-da ni du= Adda, Doorkeeper. HC..7. |
| 11458 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis with gold caps. |
| 11462A | (none) | 1929,1017.381 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Subject: seated deity & attendant. With this, probably fastened to it, was a (B) copper pin L. 012, same number L. 20mm D. 11mm |
| 11464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Scene: 4 figures making offerings to (?), a palm tree. |
| 11473 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Of rock crystal. Unfinished. 3 figures, 1 seated, 2 standing, have been roughly ground out all but the heads: no engraving as yet, but grinding only. The cylinder is bored and in the bore-hole ridges have been worked to take colored paste. |