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) |
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![]() | 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. |