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)
16928 (none) (none) (none) Limestone fragment. Jewel-smiths trial piece: a sketch for a cylinder seal: a seated god and introducer and suppliant: roughly worked out design. Possibly from the same source as U.16927, but this is not known.
16976 (none) 1931,1010.369 (none) Terracotta mould for making a relief of a seated female figure holding a vase on her knees.
16994A (none) (none) (none) Sculptor's trial pieces. (A) Limestone fragment with unfinished engraving of a seated figure : very roughly cut : might well be a study for a cylinder seal. (B) Limestone fragment. Standing figure of a nude man; head and arms broken away : shallow but fairly good work.
16994B (none) (none) (none) Sculptor's trial pieces. (A) Limestone fragment with unfinished engraving of a seated figure : very roughly cut : might well be a study for a cylinder seal. (B) Limestone fragment. Standing figure of a nude man; head and arms broken away : shallow but fairly good work.
17011 31-43-5 (none) (none) Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
17013 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Dark grey. 3 standing figures. Presentation scene.
17015 31-43-52 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 figures before a standing goddess. Goose
17016 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Pink. Presentation scene. 3 standing figures and a fourth dwarflike figure.
17017 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Calcite. Grey. Unpierced. Seated god and standing figure before hair.
17018 (none) 1931,1010.44 (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Miniature. 2 standing figures and between them palm rising from a high vase and crescent on a pole.
17024 (none) (none) (none) Stamp seal. Steatite. Mottled grey. Hero between a pair of antelopes? Rampant very faintly outlined. [drawing]
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]
17044B 31-43-218 (none) (none) [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.
17044C 31-43-219 (none) (none) [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.
17044D 31-43-215 (none) (none) [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.
17044E 31-43-217 (none) (none) [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.
17044F 31-43-220 (none) (none) [A-D] 4 signet rings. [A-C] 3 plain finger rings [of] copper and [D] 1 plain silver ring. Signet rings have circular bezels.
17049 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Greenish grey. Inscribed. One sign only obliterated god, palm in a high vase, goddess - both figures standing and saluting. Persian.
1706 (none) (none) B15594 Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes.
17084 (none) 1931,1010.539 (none) Vase. Baked clay. With 4 hug handles and incised decoration. Type 1)LXVIII. =L.
17099 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Limestone. White. Presentation scene. Two standing figures before a seated god.
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]
17103 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing full front; hands clasped below breasts. (A) Complete, fair impression. [drawing 1:1]
17121A 31-43-10 (none) (none) Seals. Two steatite plaques, rectangular and oblong, flat on one side and gabled on the other, the gabled side pierced perhaps for a metal ring handle. A) [drawing 1:1] thus, with rough design of a scorpion. B) smaller but apparently with the same design (much worn)
17124 (none) 1931,1010.451 (none) Terracotta relief. Two seated goddesses (?) or women, one large and holding a pot to her breast: she wears a large garment with pleasted flounces and is bare-headed: the other beside her is similar but much small. (A) Complete but much worn. (B) [No description] Type Ib.D.

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