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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Very much worn: defaced remains of 3 standing figures. |
| 628 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very roughly engraved in scratching line work with what probably meant for human figures. |
| 629 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Well engraved with standing figure of a suppliant l. facing a seated goddess(?) rt = the crescent moon between. Three columns of inscription. 3rd Dynasty style. |
| 648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White steatite. 2 standing figures of a man being introduced by a god the latter with Sumerian flounced dress, then 2 columns of inscription, then (indistinct), a palm with drooping symmetrical date-clusters. Good engraving of 3rd dyn. style. |
| 649 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject, adorant being introduced to a seated goddess (?) = 2 columns of inscription. Poor scratchy engraving. |
| 667 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal. Flattened roundel slightly domed on top, of yellowish white pebble with roughly engraved design on face. Pierced horizontally. [below] See No.'s 665,6 [drawing 1:1] |
| 685 | (none) | (none) | B15249 | Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing] | |
| 686 | (none) | 1923,1110.189 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A seated god: before him an altar behind which a standing god introducing an adorant: behind, the remains of 2 columns of inscription. Work poor and inscription very scratchy.[drawing] |
| 733 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with 2 seal impressions. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 734 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression of (Im)-gur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun servant of Lugalbanda. Duplicate 739 [likely U.739] See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 735 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. Showing part of 1-figure from seal impression. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 736 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of seal impression. Showing custon one figure. See U.711. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impression. Showing divine figure standing before altar. 3-line inscription Imgur-Sin, son of Ur-Ninsun son of Lugal-banda and a second impression showing bottom of standing figures. Duplicate of 738. [Presumably U.738] Placed in IN/No. 8. |
| 740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment with seal impressions. The 1st shows one complete standing figure and one partly broken figure, and one line of a broken inscription. The second has 3-line inscription A-als(ba?) son of En-an-na-du priest of Sin. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 743 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of seal impression. Northern type, similar to and part of another impression. Placed in IN/No. 8. | |
| 745B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Card Missing |
| 775 | (none) | (none) | B15248 | Carnelian cylinder seal. Archer in chariot driving rt. shoots at kneeling archer l. Late style with a good deal of drill point work, but not bad. ? 8th century. | |
| 776 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 fig of adorants approaching a god l. with crescent above: behind, 4 small fig. in 2 registers: good work. |
| 789 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze seal. Engraved with a lion walking l. Persian style. [drawing 1:1] |
| 790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Subject: man fighting lion(?) : traces of 1 column inscription erased. Poor work. |
| 807 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Complete. Obverse. Seal impress. | |
| 847 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh and his friend killing their favorite winged gryphon. Fairly good work. |
| 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 |
| 927 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragments. Showing portion of seal impression. A figure resembling the god Amurru behind a female deity. See U929 | |
| 928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small fragment of tag-label. Same seal impression as U.926. See U929 |