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)
11440A (none) (none) (none) [A] Cylinder seal & [B] pin. Copper pin, slender: To which was attached (by a string) a cylinder seal of white shell, with scene of fighting animals; hopelessly decayed on one side.
11442 (none) 1929,1017.387 (none) Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Presentation scene: seated goddess and two worshippers; also 2 columns of inscription. With this was a copper pin too decayed to keep: the seal was clearly fastened to the pin by a thread. Inscript: ZI-TAG, KA-SU-DU, =ZI-TAG, Libationer. HC.4.
11443 30-12-49 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White shell, much decayed. Inscription apparently: Sagdudu. HC..5.
11447 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Slatey grey stone. Presentation scene: seated Nannar & 2 worshippers.
11448 30-12-22 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. 2 winged animals, heraldically crossed.
11449 (none) (none) (none) Stamp seal. Square with tubular handle, one corner anciently broken. Scene: a worshipper before Ningal.
11456 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black and white breccia. Subject: animals and men fighting. Inscription GUR-na. [drawing] HC..6.
11457 (none) 1929,1017.357 (none) Cylinder seal. Green stone. Scene: 2 men & 2 animals fighting. Inscription with lion below. Inscription: Ad-da ni du= Adda, Doorkeeper. HC..7.
11458 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Lapis with gold caps.
1146 (none) (none) (none) Lapis lazuli seal. Human figurre incised. [drawing]
11462A (none) 1929,1017.381 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Subject: seated deity & attendant. With this, probably fastened to it, was a (B) copper pin L. 012, same number L. 20mm D. 11mm
11464 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. Scene: 4 figures making offerings to (?), a palm tree.
11473 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Of rock crystal. Unfinished. 3 figures, 1 seated, 2 standing, have been roughly ground out all but the heads: no engraving as yet, but grinding only. The cylinder is bored and in the bore-hole ridges have been worked to take colored paste.
11476 (none) 1929,1017.367 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. Presentation scene. Ningal seated with attendant behind and two standing figures in front.
11480 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Mostly hidden by 2 silver coiled wire earrings through which it passes. [drawing 1:1]
11483 30-12-27 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green stone. Scene: 2 men fighting 2 animals.
11488 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. Meander ribbon pattern in 2 registers.
11492 30-12-25 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Green stone. Scene: 3 men & 2 lions fighting: one of the men has 4 bulls legs.
11496 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder Seal. Black & white breccia (?) palm tree & 4 figures.
11499 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. A man fighting two animals.
11507 30-12-30 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Of green marble (?) Unfinished. The hole is only partly bored. One standing figure has been sketched but not finished, of a second only the trunk is suggested.
11509 (none) 1929,1017.378 (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Row of men (?) very crude and primitive.
11515 (none) 1929,1017.375 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. Presentation scene.
11516 (none) 1929,1017.364 (none) Cylinder seal. Copper. Undecipherable.
1152 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Persian(?) 2 gryphons facing palm tree. [drawing]

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