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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite cylinder seal. (fragment) (not pierced). Na-bi-u(m...) Son of... |
| 16820B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 steatite cylinder seals. (A) Illegible, save for first sign. (B) Adad ; (C) Awel-ilim (wrt LU.DINGIR.BA), Son of Ur-Dam-bur(?). |
| 16820C | (none) | 1931,1010.41 | (none) | [A-C] 3 steatite cylinder seals. (A) Illegible, save for first sign. (B) Adad ; (C) Awel-ilim (wrt LU.DINGIR.BA), Son of Ur-Dam-bur(?). |
| 16903 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta mould for making a seated figure of a woman, draped, and suckling an infant. |
| 16927C | (none) | 1931,1010.232 | (none) | Group: objects found together and belonging to a manufacturer of cylinder seals. (A) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with first sketches of 3 standing figures; (B) Limestone fragment, a trial piece with one standing figure nearly finished; (C) Uncut and unpierced cylinders of shell, steatite and limestone; (D) Unfinished beads of rock crystal; (E) Part of an eye of a statue; etc. (F) Limestone fragment a trial piece with the lower parts of 2 standing nude male figures (this was brought in separately, cf. U.16994) (G) Square of red limestone, sculptors trial pieces with unfinished figures of man and dog. [These objects were relettered on the card as follows: C=E, D=F, E=G, F=C, and G=D. Entries in this database, however, follow original lettering] |
| 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. |
| 17013 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Dark grey. 3 standing figures. Presentation scene. |
| 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] |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 17103 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing full front; hands clasped below breasts. (A) Complete, fair impression. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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. | |
| 17220 | (none) | 1935,0116.29 | (none) | Clay vessel. Fragment. Inscribed 5 (5/6) qa | |
| 17307 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene before a seated god. Crescenet moon, bird, scorpion. |
| 17308 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Unfinished(?). Three standing figures. |
| 17309 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm on a high vase, on either end two figs saluting. Crescent on pole. |
| 17310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Two figures standing, palm on a high vase between them. |
| 17311 | (none) | 1931,1010.37 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Fragment. Two registers. Above. Palm on a high vase, one one side seated figure saluting, on the other a standing figure saluting. Below. Geese (?) |