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.

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