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.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13515 | 31-17-117 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. 2 bird headed men and 2 rampant antelopes. Primitive cutting. | |
| 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. | |
| 13552 | 31-17-125 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting. | |
| 13607A | 31-16-677 | (none) | (none) | Jar-sealing. [A-B] Two large fragments. Original diam. part. c. 013 Inscription: (me)s (?)-an-ni-p(ad)-da Lugal Kiski dam nu-gig. Left of inscriptions: naked man holding lion by tail, lion facing another man. Right of inscriptions: Lion attacks caprid; fine gilgamis figure holding caprid; himself attacked by lion. Below inscription: square design of four little naked men (note hair or headdress) each attacking one in front? with dagger (of different sorts.) Hc. 1929/30-4. | |
| 13653 | 31-16-629 | (none) | (none) | Jar-sealing. Archaic human figures and unidentified details. | |
| 13663 | 31-17-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100. | |
| 13681 | 31-16-621 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. men, animals (?) and caduceus(?) PR 1404 | |
| 13687 | 31-16-610 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Scorpion? Man with radiate hair, lion. | |
| 13688 | 31-16-667 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Man with radiate hair and animals. | |
| 13711 | 31-17-15 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design. | |
| 13722 | 31-17-24 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 13814A | 31-16-618 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Man and ? Fragmentary. Inscription? HC.208. | |
| 13846 | 31-16-631 | (none) | (none) | Seal Impressions. 2 pieces. Geometrical design as 13817 | |
| 13872 | 31-16-622 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Scorpion, etc. | |
| 13880B | 31-16-615 | (none) | (none) | Seal Impression. Geometrical Design. Two pieces joined. one found several days later. This is better a tablet than a jar-sealing. Also another "Tablet" with same impression. | |
| 13912 | 31-16-675 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Rosette, altars and vessels?? etc. | |
| 13933 | 31-16-645 | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. Geometrical, perhaps belonging together. | |
| 13936 | 31-16-634 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Geometrical. | |
 | 13938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Finely cut figures: scorpion, ass, monkey? bull-head, etc. This seal is more clearly represented on 13963. |
| 13954 | 31-16-679 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Arabesque. | |
| 13969 | 31-16-644, 31-16-644 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Inscription. HC..217. | |
| 13972 | 31-16-674 | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. Geometrical designs (and altars ??). | |
| 13979 | 31-16-641 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Hunting(?) man, stars, eagle, tree. | |
| 13980 | 31-16-607 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Gazelle, vegetation, man and jar. | |
| 13982 | 31-16-658 | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Scorpion? |