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)
18178 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment of. Broken in antiquity and apparently still used, as the broken edges are worn smooth. Grey stone. Triangle border, six-rayed rosette, wild goat and crescent.
18179 32-40-331 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit, glaze perished. Kid and palm tree.
18180 32-40-328 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Two ostriches (?).
18181 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Grey stone. Very roughly cut. Tree and shrine (?).
18182 (none) 1932,1008.175 (none) Cylinder seal. White marble. A double row of horizontal slashes.
18183 (none) 1932,1008.163 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A standing god, a worshipper at a shrine (?) and 2 columns of inscription. Badly cut and much worn.
18184 (none) 1932,1008.164 (none) Cylinder seal. Light steatite. 2 trees (?) and a standard (?) rude early cutting: much worn.
18185 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Red limestone. An antelope and a rayed disk standard star above. Poor flat work, much worn.
18190 (none) 1932,1008.179 (none) Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Square pyramidal design, a spread eagle.
18191 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit: glaze perished. Two flying geese.
18192 (none) 1932,1008.158 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Introduction scene, 3 standing figures. Poor rough work.
18193 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Half of. Dark steatite. Standing figure of a god, and a column of inscription.
18199A 32-40-47 (none) (none) Clay tables (?) [A-B]. Two: found together. Flat-topped circular three-legged tables with a small hole in the cetner due to a depression underneath. In each case there is underneath a drop of glaze which has fallen on this side and run towards the central hollow. The objects therefore seem to have been used as tripod supports with the 'table-top' downwards as base, which was to be treated with glaze.
18208 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Scene of worship. One seated and one standing figure and 3 columns of inscription much defaced.
18209 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation (?) scene with 4 standing figures.
18212A (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Broken and incomplete. Remains of presentation scene, and inscription.
18216 (none) 1933,1013.72 (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Badly worn: designed of naked hunter with lion and rampant animals.
18217 (none) 1933,1013.77 (none) Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Design indistinct, a row of seated human figures mostly done with drill dots and some connecting incised lines. Very early type.
18233 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal, black steatite. Much damaged: two heroes fighting an animal.
18239 (none) 1933,1013.84 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Very roughly cut, and damaged: a goddess seated before a table, with standing worshipper: behind the goddess a tree.
18240 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Carnelian. Bearded and winged god, wearing short chiton, between rampant lion and human-headed and winged bull = fine work.
18253 33-35-189 (none) (none) Clay seal impression. Archaic. Broken and incomplete. A naked man fighting, two heraldically crossed animals: a crouched bull and a seated goddess.
18257 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White limestone. Winged monster and scorpion.
18258 33-35-173 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. Seated goddess, with 2 standing figures and 2 lizards. Poor condition.
18262 (none) 1933,1013.85 (none) Pendant. A shale (?) ring with knob pierced for suspension, in which are set, one on either side, shell rings with a central disk of lapis lazuli: the edges of the shale ring bevelled. [drawing]

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