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)
3256 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Carnelian. About BC 700. [drawing]
3257 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Limestone. About BC 2300. [drawing]
3289 (none) 1927,1003.206 (none) Stone seal or button. Pendant type of brown stone with basket-work pattern. [drawing 1:1]
3319 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Soapstone. Worshipping the god Martu BC 2000. Inscription dSin-she-mi son of Ili-tu-um-na(?) [drawing]
3320 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Pottery. Worshipping the tree of life? A fish. About BC 700.
3321 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Pottery. Worshipping the tree of life and lance. About BC 610.
3322 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder. Soapstone. Worshipping the goddess about BC 2400. (is this the Baghdad cylinder marked here U.3488?) [drawing]
3323 (none) (none) (none) Seal? Steatite. Unusual crescent shape. Running wild bull among tree. [drawing]
3324 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Soapstone. About BC 2800. Winged gate on crouching bull [drawing]
3325 (none) (none) (none) Seal cylinder about BC 2400. Introducing worshipper to a goddess. [drawing]
3340 (none) 1927,1003.79 (none) Half-bead mould. Limestone, for bead with scarab design. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (14). [Additional note on back regarding dinner plans] [drawing 1:1]
3342 (none) 1927,1003.193 (none) Seal Cylinder. White limestone. Worn. Worshipping the Tree of Life. Assyrian influence BC 1200 (?) [drawing]
3343 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Limestone. Worn. Tree of Life about BC 1200. [drawing]
3353 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Red Limestone? Worn. About BC. 800. [drawing]
3359 (none) 1927,1003.203 (none) Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing]
4846 (none) (none) (none) Not Assigned
4847 (none) (none) (none) Not Assigned
4848 (none) (none) (none) Not Assigned
4858 (none) (none) (none) Not Assigned
5256 (none) (none) (none) Not Assigned
6003 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White shell. Human figure, animals and inscription. Inscription(?) [reference to drawing] Perhaps: Lugal = king?
6004 (none) 1927,0527.185 (none) Cylinder seal. Half of light pink marble row of human figures with small animals between and above. Sun god defeating his enemy. About BC 2600.
6005 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black and brown pebble diorite much worn; design practically lost. B
6020 (none) 1927,0527.201 (none) Stamp seal, flattened hemispherical -obverse convex- top with decorative workings - 3 parallel lines running across centre and 4 concentric circles in corners. White steatite. Two Sumerian - man & wife bring as an offering a goat (?) and a vase of milk. diam. 0022 width 0004 About BC 3500. photograph 554 E.
6058 (none) 1927,0527.181 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 spread eagles, reversed and a scorpion. E.

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