A process of decorating a surface by pushing another object into the surface, like a stamp or seal.  

Objects: Impressed Export: JSON - XML - CSV Clay Seals and Sealings

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
11415 30-12-48 (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Grey steatite. (Found broken and in bad condition)
6253 (none) (none) B16290 Cylinder seal. Grey limestone? Unpierced. Gilgamesh fighting with the bull. About BC 2500.
16104 31-43-54 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Presentation scene before seated deity. Palm tree.
7641 (none) (none) B16861 Cylinder seal. Green stone. Slightly concave. Broken in antiquity but remended and complete. Gilgamesh and Enkidu back to back the former fighting a rampant bull the latter fighting a rampant lion.
11492 30-12-25 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green stone. Scene: 3 men & 2 lions fighting: one of the men has 4 bulls legs.
11483 30-12-27 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green stone. Scene: 2 men fighting 2 animals.
16179 31-43-28 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green steatite. Presentation scene: enthroned god and two standing figures.
11418 30-12-29 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green Jasper. Two men fighting 2 lions, the latter heraldically crossed, and an inscription in 2 lines. Inscription: UrdGIS-BIL-ga-mes dub-sar sumu Urd KA-DI = Ur-Gilgames scribe, son of Ur-KA-DI. HC.1928/9-2.
12690 30-12-47 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit. Blue-green. Winged dragon, rampant lion. Star.
18179 32-40-331 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit, glaze perished. Kid and palm tree.
16173 31-43-38 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment. Black steatite. Presentation scene: 1 seated and 2 standing deities.
17872 32-40-334 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Diorite. Damaged, and part of the surface gone. Design worked entirely with the drill: a standing figure with arms raised and two seated figures, and an object which may be a libation vase.
16262 31-43-37 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with standing god and three other figures.
17871 32-40-326 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Badly chipped. Presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standing figures and 3 columns of inscription.
18258 33-35-173 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. Seated goddess, with 2 standing figures and 2 lizards. Poor condition.
11448 30-12-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. 2 winged animals, heraldically crossed.
16148 31-43-77 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green baked clay. Gilgamesh, Eabani & rampant lion.
17702 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Clay. Tree encircled with fillet between 2 adoring figures; crescent on staff.
18171 32-40-343 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Clay, baked, convex sides. Tree, ladder and rosettes. Very lightly scratched design.
13521 31-17-118 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. White. 2 registers. Imperfect condition. Above: banquet scene, 3 seated figures, two of them sucking drink through a tube the third approached by a standing figure third approached by a standing figure. Below: two rows and a spread eagle.
17017 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. Unpierced. Seated god and standing figure before hair.
13515 31-17-117 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting.
6296 (none) (none) B16291 Cylinder seal. Brown marble? Inscribed. Pierced. 3 crouching antelopes (one reversed). Before BC 3000. E.
6987 (none) (none) B16308 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshippers round sacred tree. Palm branch and dates in a vase. About BC 2200.
6608 (none) (none) B16312 Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Undulating line of mountains and (spread eagle ?) About BC 2800.

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