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)
16106 (none) 1931,1010.72 (none) Flat seal. Greenish grey steatite. Spread eagle and gazelle - a pair?
16107 31-43-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Reddish stone. Linear design. Archaic.
16113 (none) (none) (none) Scaraboid seal. Yellow glazed frit. [drawing 1:1]
16120 (none) (none) (none) Scaraboid seal. Dark green glazed frit. Engraved with crescent moon and squatting man. [drawing]
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.
16123 (none) 1931,1010.34 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 registers. Above: presentation scene - 3 standing figures. Below: geese(?).
16124 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit. Engraved with design of serpent and standing figure.
16126 (none) 1931,1010.57 (none) Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Linear markings. Phoenician script. To be deciphered. 2 signs ? only.
16133 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White shell. Theriomachy. Lions and stags.
16134 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. spread eagle and Ass(?) Unpierced
16137A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of scaraboid seals. Glaze paste.
16137B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair of scaraboid seals. Glaze paste.
16140A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair. Scaraboid seals. Frit.
16140B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Pair. Scaraboid seals. Frit.
16145 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Frit. Criss-cross incisions
16146 31-43-29 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Presentation scene: seated figure and two standing; emblem: pole with a forked top.
16147 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Theriomachy(?)
16148 31-43-77 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green baked clay. Gilgamesh, Eabani & rampant lion.
16149 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated deity with left hand raised in salutation. Above him a star, and in front a kneeling bull browsing on a plant. Behind the bull entrance to a shrine. From the lintel of the shrine door, Palm(?) branches protrude. Possibly the bull may be a cult figure supporting a shrine on its back.
16150 (none) 1931,1010.53 (none) Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Squatting monkey(?) bull, crescent moon .=L.622 [Typology?] Legrain puts seals 460-573 as Isin-Larsa. Numbers below 403 back to 270 as IIIrd Dynasty.
16151 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh & Eabani, rampant lion.
16152 (none) 1931,1010.19 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Part of one end missing. Seated god, 2 standing gods & between them a squatting dog(?).
16153 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Poor condition. Seated god, crescent moon and linear markings.
16154 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black seatite. Poor condition. Seated god & two standing gods, crescent moon.
16155 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. one end chipped. 2 registers. Palm tree rising from a vase, scorpions(?) and geese.

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