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)
17603 (none) 1932,1008.251 (none) Clay mould for nude female figure (broken and mended).
17607 (none) 1932,1008.173 (none) Cylinder seal. White steatite. Solid type, unpierced with 2 columns of inscription, roughly done, and no figures.
17613 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gazelle betwee 2 trees; crescent above; inverted crescent beneath belly.
17617 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Two men, back to back, fighting two lions; three obliterated lines of inscription.
17621 (none) (none) (none) Sealing. Clay. Perforated for string.
17622 (none) (none) (none) Seal impression. Inscription. Clay. Presentation scene; two figures; one line of semi-erased inscription.
17630 (none) (none) (none) Stamp seal. Red pebble. Roughly circular, but one side worn away = top convex, underside flat with crude design, drill worked, of two animals (?) much obliterated. [drawing]
17638 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragmentary; shell. Three scorpions; star.
17649 (none) 1932,1008.178 (none) Stamp seal. Grey steatite. Circular with ribbed loop handle Mohenjodaro type with characteric Indian bull and inscription of 4 characters. [drawing]
17650 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Youthful huntrer and 4 animals, two lions (?) heraldically crossed flanked by gazelles (?).
17656 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above, longest scene with 2 seated figures drinking through tubes and 1 standing attendant. Below, eagle grasping 2 gazelles.
17660C (none) (none) (none) Group. From a single grave (A) [A, E-F] 3 gold earrings, small hollow lunate type. (B) Beads: very small gold balls: carnelian rings and balls and 1 bugle, marble and steatite elongated lentoids, agate square and conoid pendant (?) (or spindle whorl) apparently of wood : original order mostly preserved. (C) Cylinder seal: shell. Two rampant animals: very poor and worn. (D) A pair of thick copper bangles [D and G]
17662 32-40-319 (none) (none) Seal. Pink limestone. [drawing 1:1]
17663 (none) 1932,1008.156 (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite, black. 2 lions and 2 gazelles heraldically arranged; a star between the gazelles.
17665 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. 1 man attacked by 4 lions rampant; 1 man fleeing; wounded lion on ground ?
17676 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Gazelle; fish; diamond motif.
17677 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. 2 male figures flanking draped female figure; one man with staff; erased transcript.
17678 32-40-324 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White limestone. Eye; joined ladders. On photo: U.17679.
17688 (none) (none) (none) Sealing. Clay. Inscribed. [drawing 1:1]
17695A (none) (none) (none) 3 Cylinder seals glazed frit. (A) Man hunting gazelle; tree. (B) Man hunting gazelle; tree, and star above. (C) Apparently the same motif. -- All bordered with same triangle pattern motif.
17695B (none) (none) (none) 3 Cylinder seals glazed frit. (A) Man hunting gazelle; tree. (B) Man hunting gazelle; tree, and star above. (C) Apparently the same motif. -- All bordered with same triangle pattern motif.
17695C (none) (none) (none) 3 Cylinder seals glazed frit. (A) Man hunting gazelle; tree. (B) Man hunting gazelle; tree, and star above. (C) Apparently the same motif. -- All bordered with same triangle pattern motif.
17701 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Introductory scene; 1 seated figure, 2 standing, in upper half of seal; bottom half obscured.
17702 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Clay. Tree encircled with fillet between 2 adoring figures; crescent on staff.
17705 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Woman being presented by goddess to major goddess; geese beneath, in lower half.

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