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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14489 | 31-17-16 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. | |
 | 14478 | (none) | 1930,1213.137 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. 3 deep grooves, between which 3 pairs of human figures rough primitive work mostly done with a drill-point. |
| 14476 | (none) | 1930,1213.139 | (none) | Stamp seal. White marble(?) or pebble. scaraboid shape. Rudely engraved below thus: [drawing 1:1] |
| 14443A | (none) | 1930,1213.130 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Calcite. Transluscent. 2 registers. Above: Banquet scene. Seated male figure sucking drink end of a tube from a bowl which rests on a stand. Next: a male figure sedentary and seated female. Behind the seated female two attendants. Below: Seated male accosted by a standing figure presents an offering. Table with offerings on it, attendant stands against table stand attendant extracting liquid from a two legged jar. |
| 14441A | (none) | 1930,1213.140 | (none) | Stamp seal. Shell. Archaic. Perforated horizontally through top twice. Seal is cut to represent calf with head bent back over the body. Under side engraved with design of 3 bird headed men rowing a bellum. The bellum is made of reeds intertwined vertically and horizontally. From the furrow and stem of the boat a spike (?) for ramming protrudes horizontally to the line of the boat. Each figure appears to have a circular shield (?) round the body. |
| 14436A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Chalcedony. Mauve. Faceted and suspended by a copper hook. Typical Persian period stamp seal. Engraved with design of a bearded deity wearing a cap and a long coat hand raised over a horse on the back of which is a pedestal supporting a crescent in a hole attribute and star. |
| 14435A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze object. Flat seal? Buoy shaped. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14432A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal pendant. Limestone. Cut as an animal possibly a hedgehog(?) and engraved in flat side with 2 gazelles or antelopes (?) Perforated vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1438 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Faint traces of figures; much worn. |
| 1437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Light grey stone. 2 registers: upper, 3 seated figures, female, with plant in jar between 2 of them; lower register, scene with ibex(?) |
| 14327 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Bird-headed men fighting rampant: one of the men grasps a ram(?) which is head downwards by the tail. |
| 14319 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: Banquet scene: bird-headed men sucking drink out of a tube from a large vase. |
| 1431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black clay (?) 2 men slaying lion (?), broken. |
| 14293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Rampant lions crossed. |
| 14277 | (none) | 1930,1213.516, 1930,1213.517 | (none) | Beads. Glazed barrels and 1 lapis double conoid; 1 carnelian ring bead. |
| 14270 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. bird-headed men and rampant lions crossed. |
| 1424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone seal. Black four-sided. 2 wide and 2 narrow sides, pierced like a cylinder seal. One of wide sides has figure of a god standing on the back of an animal, the corresponding side a bird. On the narrow sides are designs. [drawing] |
| 1423 | (none) | (none) | B15596 | Stamp seal. Square button in terracotta with rude incised device of a bird standing among plants. [drawing] |
| 14226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Theriomachy. Rampant. Decayed. Gazelle & goat(?) |
| 1422 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Terracotta. With 2 incised bars, otherwise plain. A slight depression in each end; pierced. |
| 1421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Terracotta. Rough incised designs of a palmette, and leaves and branches. |
| 14200 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar-sealing. Incised sign(?) HC.2013 |
| 1420 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Terracotta. 2 human figures slaying a lion, rampant, facing right, between them. Illegible remains of a 2 line inscription. |
| 14199 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. 2 more fragments from collection SIS 6. |
| 14198 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. 2 more fragments from collection SIS 6. |