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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13552 | 31-17-125 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Crude cutting. | |
| 15307 | 31-17-126 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. 2 men & 2 scorpions. | |
| 15479 | 31-17-130 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Chariot drawn by an antelope(?) headed by a man. Emblem-spread eagle. | |
| 13711 | 31-17-15 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. With linear design. | |
| 14489 | 31-17-16 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. | |
 | 14041 | 31-17-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above; bird-headed men sucking drink from a bowl through a tube. Below; spread eagle and a pair of goats. |
| 14495 | 31-17-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal of white shell. The decoration consists simply of drill-point holes irregularly spaced over the whole surface. | |
| 15043 | 31-17-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis lazuli. Presentation. Star in crescent. Inscription dNin-gal-nam-nin-kho-ul dumu lu-dingir-ra N. son of L. scribe. HC.103. | |
| 15478 | 31-17-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing god, worshipper & rampant lion. | |
| 15474 | 31-17-21 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 scorpions. | |
| 15309 | 31-17-22 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Presentation scene. Poor cutting. | |
| 13663 | 31-17-23 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100. | |
| 13722 | 31-17-24 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Translucent white quartzite(?) oval, flat below & rounded above: on the flat base, traces of an animal design mostly done with a drill-point, in dots joined up by rough engraving; the design really unrecognisable now. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 12771N | 31-17-319D | (none) | (none) | Objects. (A) Miniature white calcite bowl (the rim chipped) thus [reference to drawing] [Type RC12]. [drawing 1:1] (B) Shallow bowl of basic diorite (?). (C) Fragment of stone bowl (?) re-used and pierced with 3 holes: basic diorite (?). [drawing] (D) Miniature square box roughly made from light drab clay. (E) Miniature clay bowl. (F) Miniature goblet in light drab clay thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:2] (G) Wheelmade pot of pinkish clay with pin-hole orifice at neck (neck broken off). [drawing] (H) Clay bead (?) or handle (?) rough cylinder longitudinally pierced. [U.12771I not assigned] (J) Oval pebble burnisher. Thin and flat. (K) Flint chip. (L) Flint saw. (M) Part of clay jar-sealing with indistinct traces of relief. (N) Clay jar sealing with rows of animals. [drawing 1:1] (O) Flint hoe (?) of T.O. type [Tel Obaid]. | |
| 12778C.1 | 31-17-352 | (none) | (none) | Group of objects: from PG/NW level; found between levels -760 and -800 below the planoconvex brick pavement (A) Clay animal figurine. (B) [.1-.6] Fragment of long clay beads imitating shell. (C) [.1-.9] A number of clay jar-sealing with seal impressions, all of one type, palmette enclosed (imperfect) [reference to drawing]. (see over [Annotated] Legrain 480 (D) An oval clay object. [Annotated] Legrain 481. (see over) [Drawing of impression] (E) Tubular ball (?) bead. (F) Copper needle. (G) [.1-.13] Various examples of pottery. [H] (also animal bones). -- The design on D and C is the same [drawing of design]. | |
| 16211 | 31-43-1 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Pink limestone. In the form of a recumbent calf; on the flat back a rough design of 2 animals done with drill-holes and engraved lines. This is an early Sumerian piece which is found ina Persian period grave, and must have been an antiquity. [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) | |
| 17340 | 31-43-11 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Limestone (?) Grey. Oval. One standing figure. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16620 | 31-43-13 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White limestone. Part of design obliterated. Presentation scene - originally 4 standing figures (3) only remain) before an enthroned god. Last figure carries a lamp(?). Crescent Moon. | |
| 16653 | 31-43-154 | (none) | (none) | Flat amethyst seal, and 5 carnelian beads. | |
| 17332 | 31-43-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. 3 geese (?). | |
| 17319 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Animals (?) at gate of shrine course cutting. | |
| 17322 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Light brown. Trial piece. Unfinished. |
| 16749 | 31-43-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. 2 crescents on poles and an X. Rough work. | |
| 16408 | 31-43-2 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Circular, convex above of striped black and white marble, design almost entirely perished; worked mostly with the drill. [drawing 1:1] |