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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17621 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Sealing. Clay. Perforated for string. |
| 11626 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Sealings. 2 fragments. Showing fight with animals. No inscription. cf. 11601 |
| 11617 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Sealings. Fragment of presentation scene & inscription apparently (nu-u)rdAdad(du)mu Ur-sa(g)?-i-a. Warad Su-m(u)-ilum mark of cloth on underside. Also a frag. with wild goats. cf. 11601 |
| 17121A | 31-43-10 | (none) | (none) | Seals. Two steatite plaques, rectangular and oblong, flat on one side and gabled on the other, the gabled side pierced perhaps for a metal ring handle. A) [drawing 1:1] thus, with rough design of a scorpion. B) smaller but apparently with the same design (much worn) | |
| 16809 | (none) | 1933,1013.52 | (none) | Shell cylinder seal (not pierced). ^dAdad-ba(?)-ni(?) ,dumu Nu-ur- ^dAdad... | |
| 16023 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell Cylinder seal. ...son of d.Sulpae. HC.30/I.9 UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) |
| 16806 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell cylinder seal.? |
| 18285 | 33-35-80 | (none) | (none) | Signet ring. Copper. With oval bezel on which an engraved design, (corroded). | |
| 1226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small button stamp-seal of lapis lazuli with uncertain device. [drawing] |
| 928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragment of tag-label. Same seal impression as U.926. See U929 | |
| 926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragments of a tag-label, 2 line inscription and a seal impression with 3 line inscription. An animal figure. See U 929 |
| 14067 | 31-16-779 | (none) | (none) | Snakes head. Terracotta fragment: body missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3225 | (none) | 1927,1003.207 | (none) | Square seal. Diorite. Early Sumerian, Before BC 3200. [drawing] |
| 7916 | (none) | (none) | B16906 | Stamp flat seal. One side convex. Calcite. Greyish. Above a reclining beast, possibly a jackal? and below a second beast with big head. | |
| 6020 | (none) | 1927,0527.201 | (none) | Stamp seal, flattened hemispherical -obverse convex- top with decorative workings - 3 parallel lines running across centre and 4 concentric circles in corners. White steatite. Two Sumerian - man & wife bring as an offering a goat (?) and a vase of milk. diam. 0022 width 0004 About BC 3500. photograph 554 E. |
| 16626 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Baked clay. Linear desings. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15323 | (none) | 1930,1213.138 | (none) | Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square, with oval handle laterally pierced. Much worn: on the face a design. [drawing] |
| 16605 | 31-43-6 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Black steatite. Square. Perforated through holder. Pair of crescent moons. Pair of stars; pair of ostriches. [drawing] | |
| 15703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Chacedony. Poorly cut. [drawing] |
| 15179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Conical. Chalcedony. Persian. Engraved with design of winged monster: bearded male head with conical hat, bulls body, bull feet. In front an altar, and above a cresent moon. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15707 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey hematite. Square, with tubular handle. A seated figure to whom an attendant offers a spouted libation vase. Very curious cutting, especially in the faces. |
| 16615 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Grey limestone. Hemispherical. Spread eagle. |
| 15491 | (none) | 1930,1213.143 | (none) | Stamp seal. Rounded, upper side umbilical. Greenish glaze with design of a dog(?). [drawing 1:1] |
| 18830 | (none) | 1935,0112.55 | (none) | Stamp seal. Square. Dark mottled steatite. A spread eagle holding in one claw a club(?) and with the other clasping a small human figure. |