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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17018 | (none) | 1931,1010.44 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. 2 standing figures and between them palm rising from a high vase and crescent on a pole. |
| 16664 | (none) | 1931,1010.42 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Mottled marble. Presentation scene: 2 standing figures before an enthroned god. |
| 16820C | (none) | 1931,1010.41 | (none) | [A-C] 3 steatite cylinder seals. (A) Illegible, save for first sign. (B) Adad ; (C) Awel-ilim (wrt LU.DINGIR.BA), Son of Ur-Dam-bur(?). |
| 17324 | (none) | 1931,1010.40 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Theriomachy. Figures roughly cut. |
| 16602 | (none) | 1931,1010.39 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. |
| 17401 | (none) | 1931,1010.38 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Dark green. |
| 16024 | (none) | 1931,1010.37 | (none) | Steatite Cylinder seal. Illegible. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 17311 | (none) | 1931,1010.37 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Fragment. Two registers. Above. Palm on a high vase, one one side seated figure saluting, on the other a standing figure saluting. Below. Geese (?) |
| 16976 | (none) | 1931,1010.369 | (none) | Terracotta mould for making a relief of a seated female figure holding a vase on her knees. | |
| 16123 | (none) | 1931,1010.34 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 registers. Above: presentation scene - 3 standing figures. Below: geese(?). |
| 16803 | (none) | 1931,1010.33 | (none) | Steatite cylinder seal. |
| 17337 | (none) | 1931,1010.32 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. (Inscribed) Part of 2 signs remain. Half only remains. Enthroned god. Crescent moon. |
| 16551 | (none) | 1931,1010.30 | (none) | Cylinder seal, steatite. Lugal... H.C. 30/II, 7. |
| 16694 | (none) | 1931,1010.29 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Unbaked clay. 4(?) standing figures and a conventionalised tree(?). |
| 16690 | (none) | 1931,1010.27 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Miniature. Spread eagle. |
| 17312 | (none) | 1931,1010.26 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 standing figures. |
| 16326 | (none) | 1931,1010.25 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Tip missing. Presentation scene: 3 standing figures. The first has both hands raised in greeting., conical cap rising in tiers, a short pig-tail, and flounced kaukanes coat. Approaching is a male figure clothed in a short coat which only comes down to the knees, and carrying a club in his right hand. He also wears a brimmed cap. Behind him a second figure similarly clad carrying an offering in left hand and a basket(?) in the right. Each of the last 2 figures seems to have an animal skin over the short coat. |
| 16365 | (none) | 1931,1010.24 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. Presentation scene, 3 standing figures. |
| 16927C | (none) | 1931,1010.232 | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 16152 | (none) | 1931,1010.19 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Part of one end missing. Seated god, 2 standing gods & between them a squatting dog(?). |
| 16020 | (none) | 1931,1010.17 | (none) | Steatite Cylinder-seal. Namhani son of Ur-baga. HC.30/I.6. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 16220 | (none) | 1931,1010.15 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. A humped bull of Indian type feeding on a bundle of hay(?) in front of a palm tree: on the other side, a scorpion & above it, horizontally a man with feathered headdress. A remarkable seal. |
| 17342 | (none) | 1931,1010.14 | (none) | Button seal. Polished stone. Mottled. Fragment. |
| 16181 | (none) | 1931,1010.13 | (none) | Button seal. Steatite. Incised cross on flat side. Convex side also had triple cross incisions and incised circles. Over part of the seal is a white surface that has the appearance of a glaze. Seal has been perforated transversely through the convex side. The white surface is visible also the inside of the perforated hole. [drawing] |
| 14704 | (none) | 1930,1213.671 | (none) | Seal impression. Cylinder sealings with design, suggestive of signs (unidentified) rosette. Incised lines or marks. HC.227. |