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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16751 | (none) | 1931,1010.45 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled marble. Unpierced. |
| 2503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing] |
| 11507 | 30-12-30 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Of green marble (?) Unfinished. The hole is only partly bored. One standing figure has been sketched but not finished, of a second only the trunk is suggested. | |
| 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. |
| 18155 | 32-40-327 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pale amethyst. Warrior in chariot shooting with bow and arrow: a fallen enemy beneath the horse's hooves. Poor cutting. |
| 2915 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Paste - About BC 700 [drawing] |
| 1152 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Persian(?) 2 gryphons facing palm tree. [drawing] |
| 18551 | (none) | 1933,1013.76 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone (chipped). 3 figures advancing left. |
| 17676 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Gazelle; fish; diamond motif. |
| 18368 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Palm tree and 2 figures. |
| 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. |
| 6852 | (none) | 1927,0527.186 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Conical at either end. Inscribed. Scene of worship. Worshipper being introduced to seated god by minion god. E. |
| 16180 | 31-43-3 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Two rows of deeply incised circles. | |
| 6134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Upper band, nine men, below animals and sacred tree. Bulls. Lion. Eagle. About BC 3000, B |
| 6937 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Poor condition. Inscribed. Introductory scene. Votary introduced by minor god to Nannar. En-da-[ ]; gis-du-[ ]. B. |
| 16146 | 31-43-29 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Presentation scene: seated figure and two standing; emblem: pole with a forked top. | |
| 6630 | (none) | (none) | B16293 | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Shamash rising from between two mountains, right hand on one mountain, top left hand supporting notched weapon. Two porters each opening gate, betweeen them high pedestal. 2500 BC? E. | |
| 7119 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Unpierced: Babaa damkar, son of Buzua. IIIrd Dyn. of Larsa. B. |
| 11401 | 30-12-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Pinkish grey steatite. Early type. Subject: 2 figures with bird-like heads seated facing each other and drinking through tubes from a common vessel. They are seated in a boat with high stem and prow, a reed plant (?) at the end of the boat and below objects like reed bundles. | |
| 6753 | (none) | 1927,0527.175 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Quartz. Violet? Color. Plain. E. |
| 18185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Red limestone. An antelope and a rayed disk standard star above. Poor flat work, much worn. |
| 3353 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Red Limestone? Worn. About BC. 800. [drawing] |
| 2809 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Red marble. About 2700 BC [drawing] |
| 16107 | 31-43-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Reddish stone. Linear design. Archaic. | |
| 7581 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Rock crystal. White. 9 fish. c.-3000BC? |