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)
18913 (none) (none) (none) Cyl;inder seal. Dark steatite, grey. Seated Ningal, 2 standing figures, a bird and a scorpion, etc.
18915 (none) 1935,0112.53 (none) Cylinder seal. Quartzite. Criss-cross marking.
18916 (none) 1935,0112.48 (none) Cylinder seal. Greenish-grey steatite. Seated deity and two standing figures, and a tree.
18917 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Mottled lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, hero and fighting animals; below, heroes fighting animals.
18918 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Brown steatite. Carinated type./ A hero bestriding a bull; a star; a second hero on one knee throws a lion over his shoulder. Two columns of inscriptions supported byb a goat: water below. Remarkably fine cutting.
18920 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Mottled steatite. God in a shrine of which each door is guarded by an attendant: two columns of inscription. Inscription uncertain (C.J.G.)
18921 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Men fighting animals.
18926 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two figures seated and drinking through tubes, and a standing attendant.
18928 (none) (none) (none) Stamp seal. Grey hematite. Square, with tubular handle. A seated figure to whom an attendant offers a spouted libation vase. Very curious cutting, especially in the faces.
18949 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two seated figures and standing attendant; two columns of inscription. Inscription: Ur... (rest of name illegible in photograph) son of Ur-Nanna-pad-da. (C.J.G.)
18951 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two gazelles and small figures of two men in a boat. Very bad cratchy cutting.
18964 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated deity and two standing figures, and two columns of inscription. Inscription: Ur-ses-GIR, son of Ur-girenna (C.J.G.)
18972 (none) 1935,0112.38 (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated deity and 3 standing figures.
18973 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. One seated and 3 standing gods.
18975 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. Bull carrying a shrine, with worshippers, gods and animals.
18977 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Pale mottled steatite. Seated deity and 3 standing figures.
18978 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated deity and 3 standing figures.
18979 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Hunter and four animals; a column of inscription.
18980 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Geometric design.
18982 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Two hereos fighting gazelles.
18983 (none) 1935,0112.37 (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis. Two registers: above, banquet scene with two seated figures drinking through tubes; below, birds?
18984 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Brown steatite. Hunters and animals. Poor and much worn. Photo (not worth taking)
18985 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Light yellowish steatite. God in a shrine(?), attendant, and palm tree.
18986 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, standing figures; below animals.
18987 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. Two heroes fighting animals.

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