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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16561D | 31-43-87, 31-43-88 | (none) | (none) | [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15 | |
 | 16561C | 31-43-86, 31-43-87 | (none) | (none) | [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15 |
| 16190 | 31-43-8 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Flattened double conoid. Engraved with design of snaked(?) | |
| 16561A | 31-43-79 | (none) | (none) | [A, C-O] 14 seal impressions. Ibku-Adad, Son of Zazani, Servant of Adad.: H.C. 30/II, 15 | |
| 16148 | 31-43-77 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green baked clay. Gilgamesh, Eabani & rampant lion. | |
| 17341 | 31-43-76 | (none) | (none) | Button seal. Steatite(?). White. Fragment. Half only remains. Animals. With a boss on the upper side perforated for suspension. |
| 16747 | 31-43-75 | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Circular. Upper side convex and decorated with 4 circles, and 3 parallel incisions. Under side a man with a bowl resting against back of neck over shoulders balanced by each arm-suspended from it are 3 water skins, and to one side of the man a stool(?). Pair of stars. [drawing] obv. for rev. see photo. |
| 16397 | 31-43-74 | (none) | (none) | Button seal. Baked clay. Glazed. Bleached white. Stamped with scorpion. Dome-shaped bulbous dome stamped with 4 concentric circles. [drawing] |
| 17355 | 31-43-71 | (none) | (none) | Scarab. Glass paste. Yellowish. Tip missing. Two hieroglyphic (?) signs and a seated deity. RA? | |
| 16927G | 31-43-7 | (none) | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] | |
| 17028 | 31-43-69 | (none) | (none) | Flat seal. Steatite. Black. Oval. Upper side convex and umbilical antelope (?) and a bird on its back [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16734 | 31-43-68 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Glazed frit. Palm tree(?) Perforated for suspension. [drawing] |
| 17100 | 31-43-67 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Steatite. Black. Conoid. Bearded male figure holding an offering before a throne (?) or altar with a high back in which is planted a spear. Emblems. Fish and crescent moon. [drawing] | |
| 16623 | 31-43-64 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Unfinished. Unpierced. 2 standing figures. Crude cutting. | |
| 17314 | 31-43-63 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Unpierced. Unfinished. A reserve for an inscription which has not been inserted. | |
| 16656 | 31-43-62 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, carnelian. 2 bird-like beasts and star. | |
| 17321 | 31-43-61 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Marble (?). Brown. Sides convex. God standing behind a crescent on a pole and a second deity introducing the votary advances toward the pole. Dwarf like figure. Animal. | |
| 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] | |
| 16794 | 31-43-59 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Glazed Frit Type same as U.16.606. |
| 16104 | 31-43-54 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish grey steatite. Presentation scene before seated deity. Palm tree. | |
| 16612 | 31-43-53 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Presentation scene. 3 standing deities. Crescent moon and Palm. | |
| 17015 | 31-43-52 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 figures before a standing goddess. Goose | |
| 16547 | 31-43-51 | (none) | (none) | Limestone cylinder seal Nin-es(?)-ba-na, Son of ... H.C. 30/II, 3. | |
| 16122 | 31-43-50 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Banquet scene, 2 seated figures drinking from a common cup out of tubes. Behind one of them a standing figure. Poor cutting. | |
| 17011 | 31-43-5 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |