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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16198A | 31-43-213 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bronze [bronze is struck through and silver written next to it] finger rings. (A) one with circular bezel. Phil. | |
 | 16209 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Paste (bleached white). Design thus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16210 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Dark steatite. Design thus. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16211 | 31-43-1 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16218 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Chalcedony. Facetted conoid. Below: an adorant before an altar. Persian [drawing 1:1] |
| 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. |
| 16230 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with seated god, one worshipper and introducing god. |
| 16262 | 31-43-37 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with standing god and three other figures. | |
| 16278 | (none) | 1931,1010.50 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone, much worn. Two crossed gazelled & two heroes fighting, two bearded man-headed beasts whose bodies cross in the same fashion. |
| 16279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated god and standing worshipper; faint trace of inscription carefully erased. |
| 16306 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. Inscription illegible. Presentation scene. Enthroned god and two standing figures. Crescent moon. [drawings on back of handwritten catalog card] |
| 16311 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Yellowish steatite. Gilgamesh, Eabani, and rampant lion. |
| 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. |
| 16327 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh, Eabani, and rampant lion. |
| 16328 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Above: Presentation scene - before seated god. Crescent moon. Below: animals; spread eagle, goose, antelope(?). |
| 16329 | (none) | 1931,1010.48 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Glass paste. Standing male(?) figure, pair of gazelles(?) Sacred tree(?) and above guilloche pattern. |
| 16339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, nude female, 2 small figures, one upside down, 5 animals. |
| 16347 | 31-43-361 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta bed. 4 legs. Same type as 16346, but much more closely strung. | |
| 16360 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli, unpierced. 2 registers: above, 3 standing figures - goddesses(?) in salutation. Below: 3 geese. |
| 16365 | (none) | 1931,1010.24 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. Presentation scene, 3 standing figures. |
| 16366 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 standing figures saluting. Between them a palm tree. |
| 16397 | 31-43-74 | (none) | (none) | Button seal. Baked clay. Glazed. Bleached white. Stamped with scorpion. Dome-shaped bulbous dome stamped with 4 concentric circles. [drawing] |
| 16398 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Green steatite. 2 standing figures engaged in salutation. Between them a palm rising from a high stand. |
| 16399 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Gilgamesh and Eabani fighting rampant lion. |
| 16408 | 31-43-2 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1] |