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)
16788 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Above: presentation scene before seated god. Below: 3 geese.
16789 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Gilgamesh, Zabani and rampant lion.
16790 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. One animal.
16794 31-43-59 (none) (none) Cylinder Glazed Frit Type same as U.16.606.
16801 (none) (none) (none) Lapsi lazuli cylinder seal. ^d.En-ki, ^d.Dam-gal-nun-na.
16802 (none) (none) (none) Hematite cylinder seal. ^d.Nin-gal-la-ma-zi, dumu-sal ^dSin-ma-an gim ^d.Lugal-ban-da
16803 (none) 1931,1010.33 (none) Steatite cylinder seal.
16804 (none) (none) (none) Hematite cylinder seal. Warad- ^dSamas dumu Zi-iz-tum Warad Bur- ^dSin
16806 (none) (none) (none) Shell cylinder seal.?
16807 (none) (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal.
16808 (none) (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal.
16809 (none) 1933,1013.52 (none) Shell cylinder seal (not pierced). ^dAdad-ba(?)-ni(?) ,dumu Nu-ur- ^dAdad...
16818 (none) (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal. Awel-^dAdad, the attendant of the ...son of...
16819 (none) (none) (none) Steatite cylinder seal. (fragment) (not pierced). Na-bi-u(m...) Son of...
16820A 31-43-31 (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(?).
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]
16927G 31-43-7 (none) (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.
17011 31-43-5 (none) (none) Terracotta stamp seal. Circular. Perforated top. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]

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