A process of decorating a surface by pushing another object into the surface, like a stamp or seal.  

Objects: Impressed Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
16161 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene: one seated and 2 standing deities.
16163 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene, 1 seated.
16165 (none) 1931,1010.75 (none) Flat seal. Brownish stone. 1 end missing. Ovoid. Figure standing before an alter(?) Attibute? Sun?
16167 (none) (none) (none) Flat seal. Oval quartz. Engraved with design of winged dragon.
16171 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. God ascending a mountain. 3 deities approaching kneeling animal.
16172 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. black steatite. Presentation scene: 1 seated & 2 standing deities. Crescent moon.
16174 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment (half only). Black steatite. Presentation scene: 1 seated and 2 standing deities. Crescent moon and dog.
16175 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Fragment (half only). Green unbaked clay. Standing god in front of a high vase in which a palm and from which water flows.
16176 (none) (none) (none) Scaraboid seal. Lapis lazuli. Palm tree.
16178 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Inscribed. Presentation scene: God enthroned on a dais(?) holding a vase(?) in his left hand. Two standing figures before the god. The first bare-headed wears tunic open at left shoulder, full right sleeve(?) skirt with fringes down back & front; the second has a high horned headdress and flounced kaukanes skirt.
16181 (none) 1931,1010.13 (none) Button seal. Steatite. Incised cross on flat side. Convex side also had triple cross incisions and incised circles. Over part of the seal is a white surface that has the appearance of a glaze. Seal has been perforated transversely through the convex side. The white surface is visible also the inside of the perforated hole. [drawing]
16182 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Hematite black. Primitive linear design; running stags and curved incised lines.
16183 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh, Eabani, rampant lion. A thrid figure attacking a rampant stag. INSCRIBED(?)
16184 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene. Enthroned god and two standing figures. Attributes: Crescent moon, goose, pair of scorpions & lizard.
16185 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite? Therimoachy. Poor cutting. Archaic
16191 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Theriomachy. Greenish grey. Crude cutting.
16192 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. 3 standing figures, palm rising from a high vase. Crescent moon.
16193 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Unbaked clay. Portion missing. Spread eagle, crescent moon, scorpion & and undulating band. [drawing]
16209 (none) (none) (none) Scaraboid seal. Paste (bleached white). Design thus. [drawing 1:1]
16210 (none) (none) (none) Scaraboid seal. Dark steatite. Design thus. [drawing 1:1]
16218 (none) (none) (none) Stamp seal. Chalcedony. Facetted conoid. Below: an adorant before an altar. Persian [drawing 1:1]
16220 (none) 1931,1010.15 (none) Cylinder seal. White shell. A humped bull of Indian type feeding on a bundle of hay(?) in front of a palm tree: on the other side, a scorpion & above it, horizontally a man with feathered headdress. A remarkable seal.
16230 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with seated god, one worshipper and introducing god.
16278 (none) 1931,1010.50 (none) Cylinder seal. White limestone, much worn. Two crossed gazelled & two heroes fighting, two bearded man-headed beasts whose bodies cross in the same fashion.
16279 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated god and standing worshipper; faint trace of inscription carefully erased.

Share

Email | Edit | Build Search


Parent Terms

Decoration > Subtraction > Impressed